Top Ten Books About Pets!
August 2025
 
 
Mindfulness and Pets
by Priscilla An

Explores ways that mindfulness can be useful while interacting
with pets.
Bat and the Business of Ferrets
by Elana K. Arnold

Bixby Alexander Tam (nicknamed “Bat”) is starting fourth grade.
He and his best friend, Israel, want to convince the teacher to have
a class pet, in a story featuring an unforgettable boy on the autism spectrum.
Pet-a-Palooza
by Jan Carr

When an author visits their classroom, inspiring them all to write
about their pets, Buddy and his classmates have a hard time believing
all the tales Bea tells about her cat...until the truth turns out to be
more complicated than Buddy thought.
PAWS 4: Hazel Has Her Hands Full
by Nathan Fairbairn

Hazel wants to cat-sit during the summer but her friends on the
PAWS team are busy so Hazel has to do it herself. When disaster strikes, Hazel must hold it together and prove she can handle what comes her way.
Dogs vs. Humans: A Showdown of the Senses
by Stephanie Gibeault

A junior nonfiction book helps readers better understand dog behavior and creates a fierce but fun competition comparing the ways dogs and humans perceive the world through each of the five senses.
Bless Our Pets: Poems of Gratitude for Our Animal Friends
by Lee Bennett Hopkins

In this joyful celebration of creatures of all kinds, 14 poets give
thanks for those who bark, purr, chitter, and slither in poems brought
to life by warm, tender illustrations that capture the charms - and
antics - of pets and the people who love them.
All the Best Dogs
by Emily Jenkins

Four sixth graders and their dogs overlap one June weekend and encounter surprises, mishaps, and misunderstandings that will
change their lives, in a sensitive and silly story about growing up
and mending fences.
Russell Kane Presents: Pet Selector! A Hilarious Guide to All the Usual and Unusual Household Pets
by Russell Kane

Part practical pet-finding guide, part hilarious account of pet personalities, this fact-filled book profiles more than 50 unique pets - from dogs and cats to hamsters, fish, and stick insects - so readers
can find their perfect pet.
Makeda Makes a Home for Subway
by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich

Bringing Subway - the class guinea pig - home for the weekend, exuberant 7-year-old problem-solver Makeda makes him a fun new
cage to cheer him up. She soon discovers that what is fun for her
might NOT be fun for Subway.
The Purrfect Plan
by Colleen A. F. Venable

Katie the Catsitter is rocking seventh grade and being a superhero sidekick, so when a new threat puts the whole city in danger,
she's ready to spring into action!
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