Garnering attention after painting a picture of his new pet goldfish, Pete the cat receives so many requests to make paintings for his neighbors that he devises an uproarious solution.

After saving a rattlesnake's life out in the desert, Joe discovers the snake has followed him home and although his father is annoyed and the neighbors terrified, the snake soon proves his worth as a pet and protector.

Little Critter's new pet kitty tangles up his mom's knitting, knocks over the trash, and gets trapped high up in a tree, causing his family to become frustrated with the cat.

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?

Describes different kinds of cats and discusses how to select and care for one.

A pet owner's manual answers questions and contains drawings and photographs.

Simple text and illustrations introduce a number of pets, discussing their physical features and behaviors and including one for each letter of the alphabet.

Irene and her menagerie of pets, including Max the duck, take in an alligator who has run away from the zoo, in spite of grave concerns about his voracious appetite.

When Peter's father enlists in the military, Peter is forced to return Pax, his pet fox he has raised from a kit, to the wild. From his grandfather's house three hundred miles away, Peter strikes out on his own despite the encroaching war, spurred by love, loyalty and grief, to be reunited with his fox. Meanwhile, Pax, steadfastly waiting for Peter, embarks on adventures and discoveries of his own.

"An earth monster decides to move in with a human family"--