Books for Animal Lovers: Kid's Version!

Updated April 24, 2025
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Some pets
DiTerlizzi, Angela
Paper Book
The duo that brought you the "bright" and "breezy" (Booklist) Some Bugs is back with a vibrant companion book that's packed with your favorite pets. Some pets sit. Some pets stay. Some pets fetch, And some pets play. Come one,...
Superman family adventures. Super-pets!
Baltazar, Art
Paper Book
What is Jimmy Olsen's Supergirl Theory? The sky is filled with Super-Pets! What's up with Jimmy's wristwatch? How does that thing work? Oh yeah, there's also an appearance by Superman!
Children make terrible pets
Brown, Peter, 1979-
Paper Book
Check out this bestselling, rollicking, and humorous twist on the classic "first pet" story about a young bear and her favorite pet boy, from #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wild Robot! When Lucy, a young bear, discovers a boy in the...
Wackiest White House pets
Davis, Kathryn Gibbs.
Paper Book
In the tradition of the Caldecott-winning book SO YOU WANT TO BE PRESIDENT? Gibbs Davis and David A. Johnson present some of the White House's wackiest residents with hilarious fun. White House pets come in every size, shape, and species. What are some of the pets that...
5-minute palace pets stories
Fliess, Sue
Paper Book
Meet Pumpkin, Berry, Treasure, Teacup, Bayou & Blossom in this padded-cover treasury. These adorable Palace Pets each have their own unique adoption story to share, as well as exciting adventures with their princesses that are sure to make readers purr with delight. Additionally, each of these...
Eva's new pet
Elliott, Rebecca, author, illustrator.
Paper Book
Eva Wingdale is getting a new pet, in this New York Times bestselling early chapter book series just-right for emerging readers! Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to...
Pets and their famous humans
Gallo, Ana (Children's literature author)
Paper Book
Did you know that Mozart's pet starling was the inspiration for his Piano Concerto No. 17? Or that writer Dorothy Parker loved animals so much she let a pair of alligators swim in her bathtub? These are just a couple of the stories in this delightful and surprising collection that profiles the...
The great catnapping
Ecton, Emily
Paper Book
In this hilarious, high-stakes companion to The Great Pet Heist, The Great Ghost Hoax, and The Great Vandal Scandal, the pet friends take matters into their own paws--and tentacles--to rescue Walt and the white cat when they get catnapped. The white cat,...
They call me no Sam
Daywalt, Drew
Paper Book
From Drew Daywalt, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Day the Crayons Quit, and illustrator Mike Lowery comes a heavily illustrated, paper-over-board middle grade novel about Sam, a noble pug who will go to any lengths to protect his family from the bad guys! ...
Animals in the house a history of pets and people
Keenan, Sheila.
Paper Book
Everything you've ever wanted to know and more about our favorite companions. ANIMALS IN THE HOUSE scampers through the history of pets and people and takes a closer look at today's most popular pets. There are approximately 377,800,000 pets purring, slithering, or swimming in the...
The man who didn't like animals
Underwood, Deborah
Paper Book
Who was Old MacDonald before he had a farm A New York Times bestselling duo brings us this freshly imagined origin story about the storied farmer and his animal friends. Brilliantly illustrated by Caldecott Honor artist LeUyen Pham.  There once was a man who loved his...
Spider-Man animals assemble
Maihack, Mike, author, artist.
Paper Book
Marvel Comics' friendly neighborhood superhero becomes a pet sitter in Spider-Man: Animals Assemble, an original graphic novel for early readers by award-winning author-illustrator Mike Maihack.    When the Avengers are assembled to contain a...

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