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

"When Faoro the clockmaker adopts a baby caiman, he has no idea that someday their story will travel far and wide. But the town of San Fernando de Apure would never forget this kind young man and his adoring alligator, who played with the neighborhood children, took part in Faoro's wedding, and, eventually, mourned his loss"--Dust jacket flap.

Humorous rhyming text takes the reader through twenty-seven unexpected varieties of dogs that one could have as a pet.

Using illustrations and only two words, shows the trouble a young boy has trying to get his very playful pet gorilla to go to bed.

Oliver the tortoise looks back on his happy life as he wonders why his pet human, Ike, who he has had for eighty years, has stopped visiting the garden.

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.

There are lots of things a rhinoceros can do around one's house, including eating bad report cards before one's parents see them, tiptoeing downstairs for a midnight snack, and collecting extra allowance.

Baby and puppy are double trouble--and best friends.

A young girl tries to get her octopus, who would much rather stay home, ready for school. Includes facts about octopuses.

A heartwarming story with a message as big as an elephant, this is a fanciful tale of friendship between an eccentric lady and her beloved pet elephant. When Mrs Bibi is told her pet elephant has to go, she reluctantly packs her bags and heads off somewhere where they can live together in happiness. But what they both leave behind is far bigger than the other people in the town could have ever imagined.