Andréa Wesson

Sallie's class is supposed to be raising chicks as a science project, but although Argus, the large, green, scaly creature that hatches from her egg, causes all sorts of trouble she worries about him when he disappears.

A lonely writer searches for the perfect pet to keep her company in her solitary work.

Alma the cat loves to sing and dreams of one day of singing on stage with her mistress, Madame SoSo, an opera singer.