Learn to read with young Amelia Bedelia!

The Amelia Bedelia books are great for growing the vocabularies of newly independent readers. In Amelia Bedelia Gets a Break, Amelia Bedelia is put in charge of caring for her class hamster over a school vacation. But Amelia Bedelia gets more than she bargained for when the hamster goes missing!

Amelia Bedelia is left in charge of her class pet—a hamster named Harry—over

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Danny loves dinosaurs. When he sees one at the museum and says, "It would be nice to play with a dinosaur," a voice answers, "And I think it would be nice to play with you." So begins Dannys and the dinosaur's wonderful adventure together!But a dinosaur is no ordinary playmate. Even the most everyday activities become extraordinary, like finding a big-enough place to hide a dinosaur in a game of hide-and-seek, and keeping him from knocking over houses...

Edgar wanted a pet dog, but what he got instead was a rather brilliant octopus named Jarvis.

When pets go missing in Blue River Creek it is up to Ada to follow the scientific method by making a hypothesis, collecting data, and experimenting to find the missing animals.

Pete the Cat is back with another groovy I Can Read adventure from New York Times bestselling author and artist James Dean.

Pete the Cat can't wait to get a new pet! He gets a goldfish he names Goldie. Pete paints a cool painting of Goldie and now everyone wants a piece of it! But Pete doesn't have enough time to make one for everyone. Will Pete find a way to have fun painting Goldie and have time to finish his homework?

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Zeus the hamster and his team of "Olympians," the other animals at Mount Olympus Pet Center in Athens, Georgia, journey into the Underworld, where a multiheaded beast stands guard.

Emma gets to make a special treat for her class, so she decides to make her favorite, oatmeal spice cookies! But when there's a kitchen mix-up, sweet turns to spicy, and Emma goes to school with some bad treats. Luckily, Dixie sniffs out the problem and Emma's mom figures out the solution-but will the pair make it to school before it's too late? Dixie stars in another I Can Read title, a tasty treat for all beginning readers.

In this funny rhyming story, Clark the Shark is excited about his new pet, Lulu the dogfish. He can’t wait to teach Lulu tricks and feed her lots of treats. But Clark discovers there's more to having a pet than he thought! Young animal owners and ones hoping for a pet will enjoy this funny book about pets and caring for them. With easy-to-read text and Clark’s trademark rhymes, this Level One shark tale will have beginning readers ready to take...

Kira doesn't get why everyone is so excited. After all, her cat friends are much smarter and more talented than those dogs. Then Kira has a great idea-- she's going to train the cats, and enter them in the competition. It's sure to be her best plan yet!

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.