Simple text explains the life cycle and care of hamsters.

Once owners teach their hamster to welcome their touch, training can go on to include many games with widely available cage toys, as well as litter training, rolling on a rubber ball, and even leash-walking. This book will be appreciated by owners who don't know how to get started training caged pets, but want to learn.--From publisher description.

Sweetie Pie escapes the confines of his hamster cage (and several insufferable owners) to find a new home in the wild.

Discusses the origins and varieties of hamsters and how to feed, house, tame, and breed pet hamsters.

"Introduces readers to facts about hamsters, unique characteristics, and need-to-know basics"--

Describes the characteristics, habits, habitat, and history of gerbils and hamsters and how to raise them as pets.

Describes the housing, feeding, care, and handling of hamsters and gerbils.

"To Humphrey and the students at Longfellow School, spring seems impossibly late this year. Fortunately, planning a school Family Fun Night keeps the students (and classroom pets) busy as they look for signs of the changing seasons"--

Humphrey the classroom hamster has adventures going to the library, learning about the ocean, and sailing across a pond on a sailboat.