Showing posts with label children make terrible pets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label children make terrible pets. Show all posts

Monday, May 12, 2025

The Perfect Pet

This week, we're sharing some of our favorite pet stories for younger children.  Here are a few of our favorite pet picture books . . . .

A Boy and His Bunny by Sean Bryan
One morning, a boy wakes up with a rabbit on his head and, although his mother is skeptical, he soon discovers that he can be fed, ride a bobsled, and even look cool with a rabbit on his head.

Dogs by Emily Gravett
Various types of dogs illustrate the concept of opposites, with such examples as dogs that are big and small, tough and soft, hairy and bald, and slow and fast.

Children Make Terrible Pets by Peter Brown
When Lucy, a young bear, discovers a boy lost in the woods, she asks her mother if she can have him as a pet, only to find him impossible to train.

Bark, George by Jules Feiffer
A mother dog tries to teach her pup how to bark, and is surprised at why he wasn't learning.


More Pet Stories --
Bad Dog by Mike Boldt
Be Gentle with the Dog, Dear by Matthew J. Baek
The Blue House Dog by Deborah Blumenthal
Can I Be Your Dog? by Troy Cummings
Dog in Charge by K.L. Going
The Dog Who Belonged to No One by Amy Hest
Flat Cat by Tara Lazar
Gaston by Kelly DiPucchio
Gilbert Goldfish Wants a Pet by Kelly DiPucchio
Goldfish on Vacation by Sam Lloyd-Jones
The Great Dog Wash by Shellie Braeuner
How Mr. Silver Stole the Show by Kate Klise
I Got a New Friend by Karl Newson Edwards
I Hate My Cats: A Love Story by Cali Davide
I Want a Dog by Jon Agee
I'm Not Missing by Kashelle Gourley
Mogie: The Heart of the House by Kathi Appelt
Move Over, Rover by Karen Beaumont
Mr. Putney's Quacking Dog by Jon Agee
No Dogs Allowed! by Sonia Manzano
Painter and Ugly by Robert J. Blake
The Perfect Pet for You by Estelle Laure
The Pet Potato by Josh Lacey
Pirate's Perfect Pet by Beth Ferry
Some Cat! by Mary Casanova
Take Your Pet to School Day by Linda Ashman
This Is Gus by Chris Chatterton
Trouper by Meg Kearney
Wiener Wolf by Jeff Crosby

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

I Want a Pet!

It's a common request from kids.  They want a pet!  Whether it is a dog, cat, fish, horse, etc.  So this week, I'm sharing picture books about pets -- both usual and unusual.

The Best Pet of All by David LaRochelle
A young boy enlists the help of a dragon to persuade his mother to let him have a dog as a pet.

Children Make Terrible Pets by Peter Brown
When Lucy, a young bear, discovers a boy lost in the woods, she asks her mother if she can have him as a pet, only to find him impossible to train.

How to Train a Train by Jason Eaton
A whimsical guide to training a "pet train" instructs young enthusiasts about important issues including where trains live, what they like to eat, and how to get them to perform the best train tricks.

Me Want Pet by Tammi Sauer
When Cave Boy wants a pet, he tries a woolly mammoth, a saber-toothed tiger, and a dodo bird, but none seems suitable.

A Pet for Petunia by Paul Schmimd
Petunia so desperately wants a pet skunk that she refuses to believe her parents when they say skunks stink.


More Pet Books --
Alberto the Dancing Alligator by Richard Waring
The Birthday Pet by Ellen Javernick
The Big Bad Wolf and Me by Delphine Perret
Cats are Cats by Valeri Gorbachev
C'Mere Boy! by Sharon Jennings
Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School by  Mark Teague
Hondo & Fabian by Peter McCarty
I Need a Snake by Lynne Jonell
If I Had a Raptor by George O'Connor
The Kindhearted Crocodile by Lucia Panzieri
"Let's Get a Pup!" Said Kate by Bob Graham
Lost Cat by C. Roger Mader
Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans
Mammoth and Me by Algy Craig Hall
My Cat, the Silliest Cat in the World by Gilles Bachalet
My Rhinoceros by Jon Agee
Not Norman: A Goldfish Story by Kelly Bennett
The Perfect Pet by Margie Palatini
A Pet for Miss Wright by Judy Young
Sparky! by Jenny Offill
That Pesky Rat by Lauren Child
That's My Dog! by Rick Walton
Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship and Survival by Kirby Larson
Wanted, the Perfect Pet by Fiona Roberton
What Pet to Get? by Emma Dodd
Worst in Show by William Bee


Check out these and other pet picture books on display at the Arnold Branch through September 25, 2015.