Bored with her ordinary pets, a young girl chooses a monster from the pet store, but soon finds that it is more trouble than she expected.

"Combining first aid, medical reference, and tips and tricks of the trade, here is your go-to-guide for at-home animal care, focusing on dogs, cats, rabbits, birds, and more! Building on more than two decades of veterinary experience, Dr. Gary Weitzman covers topics including upset stomachs, house training, physical ailments and behavior tips. The president and CEO of the San Diego Humane Society and former co-host of the weekly NPR show The Animal...

Anecdotes describe the ways humans benefit emotionally and physically from animal companionship.

When Amanda begs her parents for a pet and they relent and get her a ferret, the previously calm household turns chaotic, and even worse, the ferret learns to fear Amanda, who knows nothing about how to take care of a pet.

The bestselling book that asks what dogs know and how they think, now in paperback. The answers will surprise and delight you as Alexandra Horowitz, a cognitive scientist, explains how dogs perceive their daily worlds, each other, and that other quirky animal, the human. Horowitz introduces the reader to dogs' perceptual and cognitive abilities and then draws a picture of what it might be like to be a dog. What's it like to be able to smell not just...

Presents information about some spider species that make interesting pets, including fishing spiders, grass spiders, wolf spiders and tarantulas.

Presents information about some different types of insects that make interesting pets such as luna moths, beetles, millipedes, and grasshoppers.