Great Pets!: An Extraordinary Guide to Usual and Unusal Family Pets

Great Pets! An Extraordinary Guide to More than 60 Usual and Unusual Family Pets by Sara Stein, examines the pros and cons of a wide variety of animal companions. Beginning with ""Pets in the Wild,"" which discusses animals like ducks and squirrels that kids might befriend, this encyclopedic volume continues with creatures who live in vivariums, aquariums, even serpentariums (for those seeking advice on how to get a fussy boa to eat a spotted mouse). Stein also rounds up more usual suspects, such as birds, hamsters, cats and dogs, and includes information on how to build homes for everything from a tree frog to a skunk.