Wilbur is no ordinary pig. When he was just a piglet, he was rescued from a terrible fate by Fern, the farmer's daughter. Now he's all grown up and his life is threatened once again. But he has a unique new friend in Charlotte, the wise spider, and she has a plan that just might save him.

Describes the advantages, disadvantages, and care of some small wild pets such as frogs, salamanders, spiders, and Siamese fighting fish.

When Dr. Louis Creed takes a new job and moves his family to the idyllic rural town of Ludlow, Maine, this new beginning seems too good to be true. Yet despite Ludlow's tranquility, an undercurrent of danger exists here. Those trucks on the road outside the Creeds' beautiful old home travel by just a little too quickly, for one thing ... as is evidenced by the makeshift pet cemetary in the nearby woods. Then there are the warnings to Louis, both real...

Henry Huggins picks up a stray dog, names him Ribsy and sets out on numerous adventures with him, including breeding hundreds of fish and collecting over a thousand worms.

Denied a conventional pet, Jeremy makes do with a caterpillar in a jar.

A story about a little boy who tries many kinds of pets before he finds just the right one. For primary grades.

For Bixby Alexander Tam (nicknamed Bat), life tends to be full of surprises -- some of them good, some not so good. Today, though, is a good-surprise day. Bat's mom, a veterinarian, has brought home a baby skunk, which she needs to take care of until she can hand him over to a wild-animal shelter. But the minute Bat meets the kit, he knows they belong together. And he's got one month to show his mom that a baby skunk might just make a pretty terrific...

A child has a very particular pet in mind, a dinosaur!

Emma's search for a soft, cuddly pet has a surprising ending