Pet care books
Explore individual books
- Welcome Home, Buddy!
- Welcome Home, Whiskers
- Welcome Home, Nibbles
- Welcome Home, Tweetie
- Welcome Home, Bubbles!
- Welcome Home, Shadow!
- Welcome Home, Slinky
Nonfiction can give children a starting point for questions about the world around them. This collection focuses on welcoming a pet, noticing its needs and talking with a grown-up about daily care. Choose a title below to read more about the animal your family is interested in.
Welcome Home, Buddy! follows a puppy’s arrival in an unfamiliar home. Short illustrated sections introduce supplies, potty routines, grooming and meeting other dogs and people.
Read together and talk about the care jobs a grown-up will handle, and the small ways a child can help.
Welcome Home, Whiskers introduces welcoming a kitten and the everyday care involved. Its short passages and pictures offer families a way to talk about getting to know a new pet.
Welcome Home, Nibbles introduces a hamster or gerbil settling into a new home. Sections cover bedding, tunnels, a hiding place, cleaning with adult help and visits to a small-animal veterinarian.
Welcome Home, Tweetie introduces caring for a pet bird through brief illustrated sections. Share the pictures and talk about the routines and adult help a bird needs.
Welcome Home, Bubbles! How to Take Care of Your New Pet Fish
Welcome Home, Bubbles! follows a family welcoming a fish. Short sections introduce the tank, feeding, noticing how a fish looks and giving it time to rest.
Welcome Home, Shadow! How to Take Care of Your New Pet Spider
By Charlie Wildhart
Meet an eight-legged companion with a quiet world to discover! Welcome Home, Shadow! by Charlie Wildhart introduces young readers to caring for a new pet spider through short, friendly text and colourful illustrations. Explore preparing a terrarium, providing hiding places, feeding, water and keeping a pet’s home clean.
The book encourages quiet observation, respect for a spider’s space and asking a grown-up for help. With sections about watching Shadow’s behaviour, light and dark, and caring for a pet together, it offers families a starting point for talking about curiosity, patience and responsibility.
Welcome Home, Slinky! How to Take Care of Your New Pet Snake
By Charlie Wildhart
Welcome a slithery new friend! Welcome Home, Slinky! by Charlie Wildhart introduces young readers to caring for a new pet snake through short, friendly text and colourful illustrations. Follow Slinky as he settles into his terrarium, explores his surroundings and grows through shedding.
The book explores habitat setup, warmth, feeding, water, cleaning, resting and gentle handling, with reminders to ask a grown-up for help. Family teamwork and patient observation run throughout this introduction to pet responsibility—an inviting read for children who are curious about snakes.