Washoe County Library System

A boy who desperately wants a pet dog ends up with a duck instead.

Two nervous pet ferrets named Fudge and Einstein try to convince a visiting cat that they are not mouth-watering rats.

"Bixby Alexander Tam (better known as Bat) has only one month to prove that he can take care of Thor, an orphaned baby skunk. Bat has autism, which sometimes makes it frustrating for him to get along with people -- but not with animals. So how can he make his mom see that he and Thor are meant to be together?"-- Libraryaware. When his veterinarian mom brings home a stray baby skunk that needs rehabilitation before it can be placed in a wild animal...

Jimmy's boa constrictor creates havoc in his gym class and his antics leads to the formation of an unusual basketball team.

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.

A woman rescues a baby bird blown from his nest in a storm and proceeds to care for him with gourmet food, cozy blankets, and walks in a stroller, but eventually her "loveykins" is ready to try his wings.

Heidi is chosen to take the principal's rabbit home over Easter weekend and promises to follow all the rules, but she decides to break one and even her magic is not enough to set things right again.

Malcolm, a smaller than average rat, loves life at McKenna School and the secret society of classroom pets that keep children out of trouble, but when Aggy the iguana disappears Malcolm must use all of his ratty persistence to prove his innocence and save her.

A clever spider is lonely and longs to become a family pet.

Peter wants a pet, which is a perfect little pig. He doesn't want a good little pig, nor a bad little pig. He wants a good little bad little pig. His mom writes a farmer a letter ... Does Peter get his pig?