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Author
Series
Fly Guy volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After accidentally swallowing her grandson's pet fly, Grandma tries to retrieve it by consuming progressively larger animals.
22) Silly doggy!
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Lily discovers a bear in her garden, she mistakenly thinks it is a dog and wants to keep it for her pet.
Author
Series
Publisher
Tiger Tales
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Amy has always wanted a cat, but Mom and Dad think she's too young to have a pet of her own. So she is thrilled when she sees a tiny kitten roaming around her yard one misty morning. The kitten is very thin and doesn't have a collar, so Amy assumes that the kitten-whom she has named Misty-doesn't have a home. Misty is shy at first, but gradually, she begins to trust Amy, who feeds her and gives her the attention she so desperately wants. But how...
25) Sparky!
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A child takes a sloth named Sparky as a pet.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
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?".
Author
Series
Rory the dinosaur volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Rory the dinosaur wants a pet of his own and finds one in a coconut he names George.
30) Little pink pup
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Pink, a piglet who is the runt of the litter, is adopted by Tink, a dachshund who is nursing a litter of her own, and Pink is raised in the house along with the puppies.
Author
Series
Sally the dog series volume 8
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A beloved dog dies and goes to Heaven where she lives happily and helps to find her family on earth a new pet.
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Astonished by his imminent marriage to a woman he believed out of his league, Seth flies to their destination wedding in Florida only to be swept up in a maelstrom of violence involving rioters, Russian gangsters, angry strippers and a desperate python.
33) Perfect pets
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Meet the Heartlake City pets, and their owners: Mia, Emma, Stephanie, Andrea, and Olivia.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Murphy, a farm terrier, describes a day in his life as he gets fed in the kitchen, hunts mice, goes to the vet, returns to the house for dinner, investigates a noise outside, and retires to the barn for sleep.
35) My pet book
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A boy's search for the perfect pet leads him to the bookstore, where he finds a bright red book that becomes his best friend.
Author
Series
Magic shop books (Bruce Coville) volume 2
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
[1992]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Small for his age but artistically talented, twelve-year-old Jeremy Thatcher unknowingly buys a dragon's egg.
Author
Series
Junie B. Jones series volume 12
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Frustrated because the rules for her class's Pet Day will not let her take her dog to school, Junie B. Jones considers taking a raccoon, a worm, a dead fish, and other unusual replacements.
Author
Series
Unicorn named Sparkle volume 1
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A picture book about a little girl who desparately wants a beautiful unicorn as a pet, but winds up with a less than desirable one instead"--
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