When Maggie's pet cricket is stolen, she and her friends embark on a search for the "pirate" thief which ensues in a small tragedy, but the making of a new friend.

"Miss Bell loves her cat Tiger, despite his tendency to act like a tiger"--

Eli the dog has been with Astrid since she was a baby, and now that Eli is getting older and slowing down, Astrid wants to make fun memories with him, but knows what is most important to Eli is the time he spends with Astrid.

A boy who desperately wants a pet dog ends up with a duck instead.

As a boy searches his backyard for the perfect pet, his mother asks him to consider where a squirrel, frog, or bird would like to live.

A boy's mother, reluctant to allow him even one pet, is increasingly unhappy as each pet wants a pet of its own.

Ava and her sister Arlie enter a contest to win a pet but Ava is disappointed when the pet turns out to be a bird instead of a dog.

"Og the Frog tells the story of how he first came to Room 26, where he meets Humphrey the hamster, befriends the students, and writes poems and songs"--

Although they disagree about Bootsy the cat's individual talents, a brother and sister do agree that he is a very special pet.

When Alberto opens his new restaurant, he welcomes only patrons without animals, and he has to continually send people and their pets away, losing business, until he and a young dog owner come up with an idea.