"Gary the lizard is excited for his first day of school"--Unedited summary from book.

Gary tries on an assortment of shoes before finding a pair that fits just right.

Follows Gary as he prepares his home for the arrival of his new sibling.

When Gary visits the pet store, he has a hard time choosing which type of animal should be his pet.

Tired of her large, noisy, baboon family, young Leyla runs away and meets a lizard who teaches her to sit alone, be quiet, and do nothing.

Bear tries repeatedly to learn Lizard's song.

"A zookeeper fights to save the animal she loves, even as her own life crumbles around her...Meg Yancy knows she may be overly attached to Jata, the Komodo dragon that has been in her care since it arrived at the zoo from Indonesia. Jata brings the exotic to Meg's Minnesotan life: an ancient, predatory history and stories of escaping to freedom. A species that became endangered soon after being discovered, Komodos have a legacy of independence, something...

When Eli's fascination with dinosaurs begins to cause him trouble, his older brother finds a clever way to help.

When a lizard hatches from the egg Leonard finds in the park, he names it Buster and takes it all around the city, but Buster grows bigger and bigger until Leonard realizes he must devise a way to return his pet to the deepest, darkest part of the park and set him free.