When Rita's mother refuses to get her a pet, Rita goes to the zoo and returns with a rhinoceros--but keeping a pet rhino a secret proves to be much trickier than she ever imagined.

"Different pets have different needs. But every pet deserves to be loved. Discover how children in one neighborhood care for their pets in this charming tale. Pairs with the nonfiction title, I Care for My Pet"--

Small for his age but artistically talented, twelve-year-old Jeremy Thatcher unknowingly buys a dragon's egg.

"Congratulations, your new pet has finally arrived! Taking care of your very own dinosaur can be a bit tricky at first. But if you follow a few simple guidelines, like making sure he gets plenty of food and exercise and remembering to clean up his poop, you may find you've made a lifelong friend"--

A young boy learns that moose do not always follow the rules of proper pet behavior.

Butterbean knew she wasn't always a good dog. Still, she'd never considered herself a BAD dog, until the morning that her owner, Mrs. Food, fell in the hallway. Admittedly the tile was slipperier than usual, mostly because Butterbean had just thrown up on it. Now Butterbean and her fellow pets have to come up with a grand plan to support themselves in case Mrs. Food is unable to keep taking care of them. When they discover a mysterious man in their...

It's the start of tourist season again in Cascade Cove, and the town is bustling with excitement as they get ready for the crowds. Sarah begins surfing lessons with Teek, while Grandpa Larry anticipates the grand reopening of Larry's Pawfect Boutique. That is, until there's another murder. When Teek's new pineapple drink is found lying next to the body of his rival, Teek becomes the number one suspect. Asthe evidence piles up against her friend, Sarah...

"After a long year of teaching kids in an inner-city school in New York, Sarah Shores and her rambunctious yellow lab, Rugby, are looking forward to two weeks of beachside fun. They head down to Cascade Cove, Florida, where her eccentric grandpa, Larry, and sassy cousin, Emma, run a pet boutique on the boardwalk. Antics between Rugby and Emma's feisty cat, Misty, quickly ensue, but that's just a small price to pay to spend quality time with her family...

"Liv has a lot of secrets. For her, home is the picturesque town of Ålesund, perched on a fjord in western Norway. One night, in the early-morning embers of a great party in the basement apartment she shares with two friends, Liv is watching TV, high on weed, and sees a python on an Australian nature show. She becomes obsessed with the idea of buying a snake as a pet. Soon Nero, the baby Burmese python, becomes the apartment's fourth roommate. As...

"It's time for another field trip! Ari and his class visit a farm where they are entrusted with an egg to adopt. This is a big responsibility for Ari but he's excited nonetheless. Everyone's egg hatches into harmless animals, except for Ari's. His hatches into a baby dragon! Cool, right? Wrong! As the dragon grows, Ari realizes he may have bitten off more than he can chew. Ari and his friends have to figure out a way to capture the dragon before it...