Roscoe is determined to guess the weight of a giant pumpkin in order to win books for his school library and candy for himself, but is overwhelmed by superstitions, especially about a certain black kitten.

"Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care until they can find the perfect forever home. Charles can't stand how Lizzie acts like a know-it-all about dogs. Lizzie is older and thinks Charles should listen to what she says. So when twin Chihuahua puppies need help, it becomes a competition. Who will find a home first for these super-special pups?"--P. [4] of cover.

"Agatha Parrot and her friends babysit a flock of newly-hatched chicks for a back-to-school project"--

"A story about a puppy who is training to be a service dog--and the young human girl he befriends"--

Murphy wants nothing more than to be a surf rescue dog like his hero, Boris of Bognor Regis, until he becomes jealous of a new puppy with the same goal.

During a summer at his grandparents' dinosaur museum and dig, the Dinosaur Education Center of Wyoming, Frank, aided by his cousin Sam and cat Saurus, cares for a newly-hatched dinosaur while trying to keep its existence secret, both from his grandparents and from the neighbors.

"Charles and his family are visiting relatives in the country when a stranger drops off a puppy. Mocha, a Bernese mountain dog, was running around on the highway without a leash or tags. Can Charles find this adventurous pup a perfect place to live?"--Page [4] of cover.

Snowpea teaches two boisterous puppies how to behave properly in Fosterland.

Nine-year-old Frank, his cousin Sam, and cat Saurus's efforts to keep Peanut the newly hatched dinosaur's existence a secret become more complicated when their grandmother finds a new fossil that looks like Peanut's horn, but a thousand times bigger, and a crew comes to make a movie about it.

"The young puppy Moose struggles with training and learning his new home's rules."--