Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

There's going to be a pet day at school, only guess what? No dogs allowed! And that's the only kind of pet Junie B. has. If Mother and Daddy won't buy her a new pet, Junie B. will just have to find one on her own. Like mayby a jar of ants. Or a wiggly worm. Or - could it be - something even better?

In an isolated mountain village, nine-year-old Maria and her grandfather rescue and raise a wolf cub, Shadow, and when Shadow eventually leaves to join his own kind, a stranger's words help Maria to accept that this is for the best.

Henry's cousin Annie wants a pet, but she can't have a big dog like Mudge, so Henry and his parents help Annie settle on a pet that is perfect for her and her more delicate tastes - a little white bunny!

A little girl wants a pet and uses her imagination to make a rock, a glove, and a balloon into a pet. But what will be the best pet of all?

When Hank's dad backs over his bike, which Hank left in the driveway, Hank starts pet sitting to earn money to buy a new one.

On the very first day of summer, Hank's dad runs over his bike, because Hank was irresponsible and left it in the driveway at night. Needing money for a new one, Hank starts a pet sitting service. His first pet is Otis, the very big, trouble-making dog.

When Hank leaves his bike in the driveway and his dad runs it over, he finds himself trying to earn enough money to buy a new one by pet sitting.

After Bo and Pal, his silent new puppy, go for a walk and hear the various sounds of animals and objects around them, Pal finally speaks up.

A young boy takes good care of his pet chicken, when she is grown up she gives him a surprise.

Captain Boom has asked Max to take care of his parrot, Squawk, on the Leaky Dip pirate ship. But when Squawk's gangplank trick goes wrong, scary rival pirate Becky Bones comes after them-and it's up to Max to save the day!