The trouble-causing monster that only Gary can see disappears when he gets a real puppy.

Grandma Tildy finally agrees to take an unwanted elephant into her home, but soon regrets her decision.

Presents several tales involving a variety of misbehaving animals.

Newbery Honor Book: 2003. Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.

Charlie and Lola, whose parents are against getting a dog, discuss the attributes of the perfect dog and come to an unusual conclusion.

Humphrey the classroom hamster has adventures going to the library, learning about the ocean, and sailing across a pond on a sailboat.

"A moving tale about friendship, new beginnings, and cats"-- Provided by publisher.

When her family gets a new baby, pampered Lady finds herself being shooed away. She finds a friend in street-wise Tramp and, soon, love is in the air. Illustrated with actual scenes from the classic Disney movie.

On a snow day, Biscuit gets ready for a sledding race.

The story of Dewey Readmore Books, the beloved library cat, starts in the worst possible way. Only a few weeks old, on the coldest night of the year, he was stuffed into the book return slot at the Spencer, Iowa, Public Library. He was found the next morning by library director, Vicki Myron, a single mother who had survived the loss of her family farm, a breast cancer scare, and an alcoholic husband. Dewey won her heart, and the hearts of the staff,...