Dink and his friends investigate why pets, like Mrs. Davis's canary, Mozart, are mysteriously disappearing all over town.

After learning about slime molds during the Saturday Science Club, Stink finds the organism growing in his room and starting to take over the world.

Clark the Shark is excited to adopt Lulu the dogfish, but he soon learns that there is more to owning a pet than teaching her tricks and feeding her treats.

Gary the lizard is ready for his first pet. He looks at a dog, a cat, and a fish. What pet will his parents let him bring home?

Alexia is delighted when Mr. Cooper brings in Bob, a hognose snake, as class pet, but when Bob keels over, is Andrea's toy poodle or Alexia's neglect to blame?

Taylor's mom says she can't have a pet right now, but when Taylor finds an injured cat and demonstrates how well she can care for it, Taylor's mom agrees to let the cat stay. Includes an activity, a glossary, and further information.

"Billy is a grumpy boy who's not like the other kids. His mother takes him and his sister, Sara, to the animal shelter one Saturday in hope of cheering him up. But the pets he sees are too happy for his taste. Then he finds the grumpy pets..."-- Provided by publisher.

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

When the Pet Club goes camping, Andy is worried about sleeping in a tent all by himself. Andy soon learns that others are scared too and sharing a tent with a friend makes everyone feel better.

A young boy imagines what his rescued dog's life might have been like before he adopted him.