Paradoxical Pets — James Maxey

Cats and dogs deserve acclaim, but dragons make great pets!Love an octopus or polar bear and you'll have no regrets!Not all pets are soft and cuddly... a dinosaur can be your buddy!Spiders, sphinxes, parrots and kraken, all get to shine from front to back in...PARADOXICAL PETS!31 stories of weird and wonderful pets! Cover art and select interior illustrations by Kelsie Brumet!Inside you'll find...LOBSTERSAURUS Eric James StoneFLUFFY PETS ARE BEST Holly SchofieldIF PRINCESSES WORE CONVERSE SNEAKERS Heather SantoCHIMERALS Lena NgTHE HOUSE OF TWENTY-THREE CATS Matt McHughNICOLE THE TIME TRAVELING PARAKEET Templeton MossMEGAN'S NOT AN UGLY DOG Linda Kay HardieOLAF AND LARS Kevin LauderdaleEASY AS A BAG OF COOKIES Dawn VogelWAX EATER Jennifer M ZeigerTHE VAGABOND'S BABY Gregory L. NorrisTHE GIRL, THE WYVERN, AND THE TALKING APE Matias Travieso-DiazTHE FIRST RAT ON MARS L. R. ContiTAKE ME TO YOUR LITTER BOX Peter WoodSPREAD YOUR WINGS Laird LongP IS FOR PET Beth CatoQUEEN OF MARS California LeeA HOME FOR MR. BINKY James N. WoodALISTAIR Jenny BlackfordDINOSAUR CLONES AND OTHER TEENAGE CONCERNS P.A. CornellBIRDS OF A FEATHER Thomas CanfieldEIGHT, TO THE EIGHTH Liam HoganDILEMMA WITH THE OMNIVORE Keyan BowesBLAME IT ON THE GHOSTS Annie ReedTAKING FLIGHT Mike LewisTHE WIZARD'S BOOK TASTES OF FLIGHT Jennifer Hudak KEEPER OF THE GHOST SQUID Wendy NikelMY HOMEWORK ATE MY DOG Mike MurphyMOLLY AND SQUIRT Vanessa MacLellan HOW TO CONFRONT THE SPHINX HAUNTING YOUR GARDEN Alexei Collier CHROMATOPHORIA Rebecca Demarest Panzer