Bent Northrop Memorial Library

"Deep underground beneath Perfect Pets, where children can buy genetically engineered 'perfect' creatures, there is a secret lab. Barnabus and his friends live in this lab, but none of them is perfect. They are all Failed Projects. Barnabus has never been outside his tiny bell jar, yet he dreams of one day seeing the world above ground that his pal Pip the cockroach has told him about: a world with green hills and trees, and buildings that reach all...

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.

"A pampered house cat complains about the daily struggles he faces"--

When Petey the puppy decides that he wants a boy for Christmas, he discovers that he must go out and find one on his own.

A boy wants all of the pets in a pet store but he and his sister can choose only one. End notes discuss Dr. Seuss's pets, his creative process, and the discovery of the manuscript and illustrations for "What Pet Should I Get?"

Using illustrations and only two words, shows the trouble a young boy has trying to get his very playful pet gorilla to go to bed.

Sofia is put in charge of overseeing a fair election for a class pet, but first the Questioneers must learn about elections and good journalism--and remember that being a community matters most. Includes facts about the Delano Grape Strike, presidential elections, journalism, and the importance of voting.

Help! This little girl has lost her best friend. He's a dinosaur (not the extinct kind). He's enormous (bigger than a panda!). He was last seen before she gave him a bath and washed off all the mud (maybe that wasn't a good idea?). She's tried to lure him with snacks and put up Lost Dinosaur posters, but nothing has helped. If only it weren't such a clear day--if only it were raining, or snowing, or the leaves were falling, or something. Would it...

Harriet the Hamster Fairy's hamster, Twinkle, is missing! Help friends Kirsty and Rachel rescue the magical hamster in the fifth title in the Rainbow Magic Pet Fairies series. Fairyland's magical pets help pets in the human world find good homes, but Jack Frost has stolen the fairies' pets! The magical pets have escaped Jack Frost's castle and are now lost in the human world. So far, friends Kirsty and Rachel have helped rescue Katie the Kitten Fairy's...

Publisher Annotation: This year?s summer vacation will be very different for a young girl and her family without Sascha, the beloved family dog, along for the ride. But a wistful walk along the beach to gather cool, polished stones becomes a brilliant turning point in the girl?s grief. There, at the edge of a vast ocean beneath an infinite sky, she uncovers, alongside the reader, a profound and joyous truth. In his first picture book following the...