"This book invites children to pay attention to the cues animals give with their barks, growls, purrs, and swishing tails"--Back cover.

"After being forced to give up his pet fox Pax, a young boy named Peter decides to leave home and get his best friend back"--

A child takes a sloth named Sparky as a pet.

It soon becomes clear that Louis's pet tadpole is not turning into an ordinary frog.

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.

"Provides basic information about boas and pythons and keeping them as pets"--Provided by publisher.

Features all the practical advice you need to ensure a happy home for your small pet: choosing and buying, housing, feeding and nutrition, general care, handling, exercise, breeding, grooming and showing. Covers all the familiar types of small pet - including smooth-coated and long-haired varieties - as well as more unusual pets such as chipmunks, spiny mice and sugar gliders. Fully illustrated with over 250 photographs for identification and to show...

A young boy tries to win a goldfish at the carnival and ends up with a far bigger prize.

Practical information on feeding, housing, health, medical care, diet, dental hygiene, and building an engaging environment for your ferret.