Books like Mr. Putter & Tabby Spin the Yarn
By Cynthia Rylant
For the kid whose pets always seem to wreck the calmest grown-up plans, this is the chaos they'll recognize instantly. Cozy, gently funny, and full of small-town neighborliness
A bird wakes up too grumpy to fly, eat, or play, so he stomps off on a walk instead — and one by one, Sheep, Rabbit, Raccoon, Beaver, and Fox tag along.
An anxious squirrel who plans for every disaster decides to make the perfect friend, picking a toothless candidate and prepping mittens, a mirror, and a lemon — until his careful plan takes a toothy turn.
An older man and his neighbor decide to join a band together, but finding one that's the right fit turns out to be trickier than they expected — for them and their pets.
A visitor-hating bear puts up a no-visitors sign and orders a mouse out of his house, but the mouse keeps turning up in the most unexpected places anyway.
An adopted dog named Cooper refuses to act like a dog — he'd rather drive the family car, go to the ballet, and travel than fetch or sit — so his new family has to adjust to his quirky ways.
An older man and his cat nap far too much, so they join a baseball team with their neighbor and her rowdy dog — but creaky knees and canine chaos threaten every play.
Five short stories follow two hippo best friends through everyday mishaps and mix-ups, including one memorable picnic where George drags along Martha's bed instead of letting her sleep in.
A young bear named Lucy finds a boy in the woods and, against her mother's warning that children make terrible pets, brings him home to keep as her very own — naming him Squeaker.
A mouse named Chester has one way of doing everything, and his best friend Wilson happily matches him move for move — until a bold new neighbor named Lilly moves in with her own way of doing things entirely.
A small mouse's brand-new toy airplane ends up stuck in a tree, thanks to his well-meaning but accident-prone best friend, Rabbit, who then hatches an increasingly ambitious plan to get it back.
A boy declares Jeremy Ross his enemy the moment he moves in down the street, so Dad offers his secret weapon: Enemy Pie — but the recipe requires spending a whole day playing with the enemy first.
A grumpy bear insists he has the worst cold anyone has ever suffered, while his relentlessly cheerful mouse friend tries to nurse him back to health with stories, songs, and banjo tunes.
