Let's get a pet

There are so many great stories about pets. Here are a few of my favorites.
Melody


I don't Like Gloria! by Kaye Umansky
This predictable pet story is told from the dog's point of view. The family got a cat, and they did not ask him. She eats his food, she sleeps in his basket, they forget to take him for his walk. And he gets in trouble for barking at and chasing the cat. Poor Calvin. Then a box arrives. With a pet rabbit - now Gloria AND Calvin are ignored, and now they agree on one thing... they really do not like that rabbit!

Ages 3-8 Dogs, cats, rabbits, jealousy




What Pet to Get? by Emma Dodd

Jack wants a pet, and his ideas are highly impractical. An elephant, a lion, a polar bear, a Tyrannosaurus Rex and many other ideas until he finally things of a dog for a pet! Big bold pictures and ridiculous choices make this a silly, fun book to read.

Ages 3-8 Pets


Really Rabbits by Virginia Kroll

Parents, this is a book about the ideal pets ... rabbits that get out of their cage at night and clean the house! The rabbits are doing little tasks that children could do, and perhaps children will get an idea from the story. If not, parents can dream!

Ages 4-9 Rabbits, chores, happy families


My Pup by Margaret O'Hair

Great book to read with a beginning reader, as the word 'puppy' is repeated three times on each page. And this is a very happy puppy who plays in the mud, gets a bath, plays fetch and more.

Ages 3-6 Puppies




Peanut by Linsas Alsenas

Mildred is lonely, until she finds Peanut. Peanut does not act much like other dogs, though. He is handy when it is time to water the pets. But one day, a man from the circus stops Mildred in the park. "Madam, you have found our missing elephant." and Peanut goes back to the circus. Mildred is lonely again, until she finds ...

Ages 3-8 Elephants, silly stories



The Birthday Pet by Ellen Javernick

This fabulous new books has great rhyming text and features a boy who wants only a turtle. His family isn't listening, though, and gets him other animals. Your kids will catch onto the phrase that Danny keeps saying to his family, "All I really want is a turtle."

Ages 4-9 Turtles, pets, families with pets



Dino-Pets by Lynn Plourde

What child does not want to hear a story about the possibility of having dinosaurs for pets? None that I have met so far. The story begins before you get to the text - make sure you start with the title page. The text is fairly short, but has great rhythm and rhyme to it. Each dinosaur this child goes home with gets away. Finally, there are no more dino-pets at the dino-pet store. The child goes home sad, sad, sad and discovers all the dinosaurs had gone back to the child's house, too.

Ages 4-10 Dinosaurs!

Bridget Fidget and the Most Perfect Pet by Joe Berger
This new and eye-popping red book is about a little girl who wants a unicorn for a pet. When a box arrives, she assumes it is her unicorn. But the box is too small, and filled with 'snow' (packing peanuts) and a smaller box is inside all of that snow. Eventually we find the box holds a cuckoo clock, which isn't what Bridget had in mind for a pet. Then a ladybug flies out of the side of the clock and Bridget has an 'ah-ha' moment. The ladybug is better than some other pets, you know!