Your Guinea Pig tells you everything you need to know to succesfully choose, buy, raise, and show all types of guinea pigs. Although parents are typically the ones who introduce their children to new experiences, author Wanda L. Curran first gained interest in guinea pigs (cavies) when her daughter Nancy joined 4-H and developed a successful and prosperous hobby. Curran then became an adult 4-H leader in guinea pigs and rabbits and was inspired...

Introduces the names and appearances of some common pets.

Tells where guinea pigs come from, shows how to take care of them, and gives information about some of the guinea pigs the author has owned.

Children demonstrate proper care of pets and of sick or helpless wild animals who may need our help from time to time.

Horace Homer Higgins III despises dirt. And the outdoors. And ducks. But when his person, Eleanor, moves to a farm called the Homestead, the anxious Boston Terrier is forced to adapt. As if that isn't enough to strain his nerves, Ellie adopts a perpetually cheerful potbellied pig named Bunwinkle to be his baby sister. Bunwinkle is delighted to be on the farm despite the stuffy demeanor of her new canine brother. She's sure she'll crack his shell eventually--no...

Although a young child puts off cleaning the bedroom because all the family's pets are asleep there, the sudden arrival of a zooming fly mysteriously gets the job done.

Arthur, a dog in a pet store waiting to be adopted, takes on the identities of other animals he thinks might be more appealing, until discovering that he can be a success as himself.

A handbook for raising rabbits for pets, for profit, or to show.

"A shark-obsessed little girl is convinced she is getting a pet shark for her birthday"-- Provided by publisher.