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,...
All pets allowed
Griffin, Adele
Paper Book
New dog, no tricks! Becket Branch has one birthday wish--a dog! Dogs are outgoing and friendly, and they live life loud, just like Becket. Becket's twin, Nicholas, wants a pet more like him--a peaceful, quiet indoor cat. When their parents...
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...
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...
DC League of Super-pets
Lewman, David
Paper Book
The DC Super-Pets star in a Step 2 Step into Reading leveled reader with over 30 stickers--just in time for the DC League of Super-Pets movie to hit theaters in Spring 2022! Whenever the people . . . and pets! . . . of Metropolis are in danger, Krypto the Super-Dog...
They call me no Sam
Daywalt, Drew
Paper Book
An Instant New York Times Bestseller An Indie Next Pick A "howlingly funny tale." --ALA Booklist (starred review) From Drew Daywalt, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Day the Crayons Quit, and illustrator Mike Lowery...
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...
125 pet rescues from pound to palace : homeless pets made happy
Paper Book
This is a collection of hilarious and heartwarming stories of dogs, cats, and all types of pets given a second chance, and the human animal lovers who rescued them.   From the dog who saved her owner from a fire, to the cat that plays the piano, to the cow that thinks it's a dog,...
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...

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