May is National Pet Month, meaning it's time to celebrate our favorite creature companions! For kids, pets offer a unique opportunity to learn the joys and challenges of caring for another living being. From guides to kittens to animal adventure picture books to poetry about pugs, NYPL has a pet book for every first time — or potential — pet owner.
Cat Talk by Patricia MacLachlan
Everything Pets by James Spears
Guide to Kittens by Ellen Miles
Guide to Puppies by Ellen Miles
Marty McGuire Has Too Many Pets! by Kate Messner
Max Has A Fish by Wiley Blevins
Pets: Peek Through Holes to Guess Who I Am by Charlie Gardner
Pug and Other Animal Poems by Valerie Worth
What Cat Is That? by Tish Rabe