When Oliver and his mother acquire a Pekingese, hardly Oliver's idea of a "buddy," Oliver starts a pet-care service so he can have a pet people will respect.

Oliver takes in a wild duck with a broken wing and hopes to keep it as a pet after it has healed.

With clear instructions from his mother to take only one petcare job for the summer, Oliver secretly fills the garage with animals that he tries to take care of without her ...

Oliver's pet-care service faces its greatest challenge when he is asked to watch a camel being kept illegally in a fenced-in back yard and it escapes into the streets.

When Oliver reluctantly takes on a pet-sitting job with a menagerie of birds during Christmas vacation in which he had planned to compete in a snow sculpture contest, a naughty ...

Despite his mother's protests, Oliver determines to care for a homeless baby alligator until he can find its owner.

A visit to the circus with his classmates gives Oliver an idea about how to raise money for a much needed animal shelter.

Oliver combines his job caring for a barnful of calves with entering a contest at the county fair.

Illus. in full color. Chris, the biggest and funniest of all the second graders, decides not to go to a swim party because of his fear of deep water. Chris's father patiently ...

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