Alex and his mother write notes back and forth in which Alex tries to persuade her to let him have a baby iguana for a pet.

A boy who desperately wants a pet dog ends up with a duck instead.

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

A young boy learns that moose do not always follow the rules of proper pet behavior. "Wilfred is a boy with rules. He lives a very orderly life. It's fortunate, then, that he has a pet who abides by rules, such as not making noise while Wilfred educates him on his record collection. There is, however, one rule that Wilfred's pet has difficulty following: Going whichever way Wilfred wants to go. Perhaps this is because Wilfred's pet doesn't quite...

Sam Waters is desperate to have a pet. But his parents say that first, Sam must prove he's responsible. So he takes an after-school job in a pet store called Little Shop of Hamsters. To his horror, Sam soon finds that cute, little hamsters can become very UNCUTE monsters. Suddenly, Sam isn't fighting for a pet--he's fighting to survive! Could the souvenir he got in HorrorLand have anything to do with this?

Two African American girls named Shakeeta and Mia become friends when Shakeeta boasts that she has a pet iguana and Mia learns how to help Shakeeta "feel at home" even when she is in school.

Despite his father's objections, Tony insists on wanting such impractical pets as an elephant, a python, or a flamingo.

After Elizabeth's parents do not agree with her various suggestions for the perfect pet, she discovers a solution.

"When a cave boy gets a 'puppy,' things don't quite turn out as he expected"--