"After being forced to give up his pet fox Pax, a young boy named Peter decides to leave home and get his best friend back"--

Alex and his mother write notes back and forth in which Alex tries to persuade her to let him have a baby iguana for a pet.

A young boy learns that moose do not always follow the rules of proper pet behavior.

Bridget has always wanted a pet unicorn named Thunderhooves, so when a box is delivered to her door she is sure that is what is inside.

A boy who desperately wants a pet dog ends up with a duck instead.

When Miss Pearl falls and breaks her hip, her potbellied pig Little Flower goes for help.

A "Bring Your Pet" birthday party gets out of hand when the pets show more interest in chasing each other than in celebrating.

A little boy really wants a dog, but instead he gets dinosaurs!

Thirteen-year-old Drew starts the summer of 1986 helping in her mother's cheese shop and dreaming about co-worker Nick, but when her widowed mother begins dating, Drew's father's book of lists, her pet rat, and Emmett, a boy on a quest, help her cope.

Each animal arriving from the zoo as a possible pet fails to suit its prospective owner, until just the right one is found. Movable flaps reveal the contents of each package.