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

A boy is excluded from joining his friends' pet club because of his unusual pet.

A child takes a sloth named Sparky as a pet.

Emily Elizabeth describes the activities she enjoys with her very big, very red dog and how they take care of each other.

A boy wants all of the pets in a pet store but he and his sister can choose only one. End notes discuss Dr. Seuss's pets, his creative process, and the discovery of the manuscript and illustrations for "What Pet Should I Get?"

Frustrated because the rules for her class's Pet Day will not let her take her dog to school, Junie B. Jones considers taking a raccoon, a worm, a dead fish, and other unusual replacements.

Peter wants a pet, which is a perfect little pig. He doesn't want a good little pig, nor a bad little pig. He wants a good little bad little pig. His mom writes a farmer a letter ... Does Peter get his pig?

When Dr. Louis Creed takes a new job and moves his family to the idyllic rural town of Ludlow, Maine, this new beginning seems too good to be true. Yet despite Ludlow's tranquility, an undercurrent of danger exists here. Those trucks on the road outside the Creeds' beautiful old home travel by just a little too quickly, for one thing ... as is evidenced by the makeshift pet cemetary in the nearby woods. Then there are the warnings to Louis, both real...

Determined to help her sick pet Venus flytrap, Judy Moody enlists the aid of an unruly toad and a mind-reading cat to help her find a cure.

After choosing a new dog, Ben describes what the pet Aggie can do and should not do around the house.