Fiction

• Balian, Lorna
  The Aminal
  Abingon Press, 1972
  E Bal (Grades 1-3)
  Patrick’s friends create an increasingly larger and much more fearful monster before they see what he has really found.
• Johnson, Louise
  Malunda
  Carolrhoda, 1982
  E Joh (Grades 1-3)
  A white rhinoceros and his herd are shipped from Africa to a zoo in England, where the male becomes angry and withdrawn, suffering from the loss of his horn during capture.
• Rochelle, David
  The Best Pet of All
  Dutton, 2004
  E LaR (Picture Books)
  A young boy enlists the aid of a friendly dragon to help him persuade her mother to let him have a dog as a pet.
• Little, Jean
  Emma’s Strange Pet
  Harper Collins, 2002
  E Lit (Grades 1-3)
  Emma is allergic to animals with fur, but because she and her adopted brother really want a pet, they decide to try a lizard.
• Seymour, Tres
  I Love My Buzzard
  Orchard Books, 1994
  E Sey (Picture Books)
  A child’s beloved pets, including a warthog, bat and squid, becoming less important whey they drive Mother away.
• Winkler, Henry
  Hank Zipzer and the Day of the Iguana
  Grosset and Dunlap, 2003
  + Win (Chapter Books)
  Hank has never been fond of his sister’s pet iguana, but things take a turn for the worse when the iguana lays it eggs in his science experiment.

Nonfiction

• Perrero, Laurie
  Tarantulas in Nature and as Pets
  Windward Publishing, 1979
  + 595.4 Per
  Discusses the tarantula as a pet, it’s body structure, reproduction , feeding habits, courtship, molting, handling, housing and various other facts about it.
• Fox, Susan
  Your First Pocket Pet
  T.F.H. Publications, 2000
  + 636.9 Fox
  Discusses choosing unusual pet such as chinchillas, ferrets, rats, mice and hedgehogs, as well as some of the more usual ones.
• Hanford, Tom
  Chinchillas
  Heinemann Library, 2003
  + 636.9 Han
  Everything you would possibly about choosing and keeping chinchilla’s as a pet.
• Stone, Lynn M.
  Ferrets
  Rourke, 2002
  + 636.9 Sto
  In very simple text accompanied by realistic photos.  Part of the “weird pets” series.
• Landau, Elaine
  Minibeasts as Pets
  Children’s Press, 1997
  + 638.5 Lan
  Simply describes how to keep ladybugs, millipedes, cricket and ants as pets. A part of the “weird pets" series, in very simple text with realistic photos.
• Watts, Barrie
  Stick Insects
  Franklin Watts, 1991
  + 638. 5724 Wat
  Discusses the housing, breeding, feeding and special needs of stick insects and mantises when kept as pets.
• Simon, Seymour
  Pets in a Jar
  Viking Press, 1975
  + 638 Sim
  Suggestions for collecting and keeping pets such as snails, toads, worms, ants, butterflies, and starfish.
• Landau, Elaine
  Your Pet Iguana
  Children’s Press, 1997
  + 639.3 Lan
  Simple text and photos describe choosing , feeding, and keeping the iguana healthy.
• Steinberg, Phillip
  Terrarium Pets
  Lerner, 1979
  + 636.39 Ste
  Discusses keeping reptiles and amphibians as pets and presents instruction for constructing desert, woodland and semi aquatic aquariums.
• Stone, Lynn
  Boa Constrictors
  Rourke, 2002
  + 639.3 Sto
  Another in the “weird pet” series, describing finding and caring for a pet boa.
• Stone, Lynn
  Box Turtles
  Rourke, 2002
  + 636.3 Sto
  Told in simple text and photos, describes finding and caring for a box turtle. Another title in the “weird pet” series.
• Watts, Barrie
  Wood Lice and Millipedes
  Franklin Watts, 1991
  + 639.7 Wat
  Describes the characteristics and habitats of wood lice and millipedes and discusses how to collect and keep them temporarily for observations.

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