Pets teach us a lot about how to care for ourselves and others. Plus, they can be really cute! This week, we are featuring pet-related books, such as Your Pets’ Secret Lives: The Truth Behind Your Pets’ Wildest Behaviors. In this middle grade non-fiction, Dr. Eleanor Spicer Rice dives into why our pets do what they do, highlighting dogs, cats, and even more obscure pets like tarantulas and lizards. Bringing in expertise from some other animal experts and researchers and some funny and adorable illustrations from Rob Wilson, Dr. Rice gives us peek into the wonderful, and weird, world of our pets.

Check out more of our pet-themed books from our collection below!

The Expets
Written and illustrated by Mark Tatulli
Published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers & Caitlyn Dlouhy
Available now

Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home
Written by A. R. Capetta
Illustrated by Charlene Chua
Published by Candlewick Press
Available now

Just Like Millie
Written by Lauren Castillo
Published by Candlewick Press
Available now

Penelope Rex and the Problem with Pets
Written and illustrated by Ryan T. Higgins
Published by Disney Hyperion
Available now

Your Pets’ Secret Lives: The Truth Behind Your Pets’ Wildest Behaviors
Written by Eleanor Spicer Rice, PhD
Illustrated by Rob Wilson
Published by MIT Kids Press
Available now