Monday, May 6, 2024

National Pet Week

This year, May 6-11 is National Pet Week.  So this week, we are sharing some of our favorite chapter book stories about pets.


Bunnicula by Deborah & James Howe
Though scoffed at by Harold the dog, Chester the cat tries to warn his human family that their foundling baby bunny must be a vampire.

Wedgie & Gizmo by Suzanne Selfors
While his human Elliot adjusts to his new home and stepfamily, Gizmo, an evil genius guinea pig, searches for a new evil lair where he can plot to take over the world, but Gizmo is constantly thwarted by Wedgie (a Corgi superhero and Gizmo's nemesis).

The Great Pet Escape by Victoria Jamieson
A young graphic novel chapter book about the escape escapades of class pets at Daisy P. Flugelhorn Elementary School.

Quack by Anna Humphrey
After a duck helps ten-year-old Shady Cook, who has selective mutism, to gain confidence, he and his best friend, Pouya, bring the emotional support duck to school to help the many underdogs there.


More Books --
Bad Kitty series by Nick Bruel
The Great Pet Heist by Emily Ecton
The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter by Aaron Reynolds
Jinxed by Amy McCulloch
Lio: There's a Monster in My Socks by Mark Tatulli
Maxi's Secrets by Lynn Plourde
Pax by Sara Pennypacker
Raising Rufus by David Fulk
Return of the Hungry Hamster by Sam Hay
The Simple Art of Flying by Cory Leonardo
Stubby by Kate Klimo
Switched by Bruce Hale
The World According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney

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