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pet care

Books about pet care for readers of all ages.

Cover of Boomerang Bob

Boomerang Bob

Jenny Dale

Ages 7–11pet carefamily

Cover of Buddy Unchained (Sit! Stay! Read!)

Buddy Unchained (Sit! Stay! Read!)

Daisy Bix

Ages 4–8animal rescuecompassion

Cover of Any Pet Will Do

Any Pet Will Do

Nancy Shouse

Ages 8–12responsibilitypet care

Cover of Olivia Trains Her Cat

Olivia Trains Her Cat

Sarah Albee

Ages 5–9perseverancecreativity

Cover of Taking care of the class pet

Taking care of the class pet

David Parker

Ages 5–9responsibilityteamwork

Cover of Just Grace Walks the Dog (Just Grace)

Just Grace Walks the Dog (Just Grace)

Charise Mericle Harper

Ages 7–11responsibilityfriendship

Cover of Little Boy and Little Cat

Little Boy and Little Cat

Richard Rosenstein, Robin B. Corfield

Ages 3–7friendshipcompanionship

Cover of 15 things not to do with a puppy

15 things not to do with a puppy

Margaret McAllister

Ages 3–7pet careresponsibility

Cover of Patches lost and found

Patches lost and found

Steven Kroll

Ages 6–10responsibilityfriendship

Cover of Love that puppy!

Love that puppy!

Jeff Jarka

Ages 3–8human-animal relationshipslove and companionship

Cover of Your Pet Gerbil

Your Pet Gerbil

Elaine Landau

Ages 6–11pet careresponsibility

Cover of Sophie's fish

Sophie's fish

A. E. Cannon

Ages 6–10worryresponsibility

Cover of Eliza's kindergarten pet

Eliza's kindergarten pet

McGinty, Alice B.

Ages 4–8courageresponsibility

Cover of Robert and the great Pepperoni

Robert and the great Pepperoni

Barbara Seuling

Ages 7–11responsibilitypet care

Cover of Stanley and the class pet

Stanley and the class pet

Barney Saltzberg

Ages 4–8responsibilitypet care

Cover of Lucky

Lucky

Gus Clarke

Ages 3–7adoptioncompassion

Cover of The intelligent cat

The intelligent cat

Grace Pond

Ages 8–14animal behaviorintelligence

Cover of Froggy gets a doggy

Froggy gets a doggy

Jonathan London

Ages 3–7friendshipresponsibility

Cover of The latchkey dog

The latchkey dog

Mary Jane Auch

Ages 8–12independenceresponsibility

Cover of Don't feed the geckos!

Don't feed the geckos!

Karen English

Ages 7–11responsibilityfamily

Cover of Good-bye, fish

Good-bye, fish

Judith Koppens

Ages 3–7deathloss

Cover of Looking after Doodles

Looking after Doodles

Diane Redmond

Ages 3–7responsibilitypet care

Cover of Furby Trainer's Guide

Furby Trainer's Guide

J. Douglas Arnold

Ages 7–13collectingtechnology

Cover of I'll Teach My Dog a Lot of Words

I'll Teach My Dog a Lot of Words

Michael K. Frith

Ages 2–7animalsdogs