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* A short story, ''Literature/LionAtSchool'' by Creator/PhilippaPearce tells of how a fierce lion demands of a little girl called Jill (on pain of eating her up) that she takes him to school with her. Jill protests that she is not allowed to bring pets to school; the lion says he is not a pet, but a friend. She agrees on two conditions; first, that he does not eat anyone, and second, that he lets her ride on his back to school. The lion joins in the lessons and frightens away a bully, Jack Tall.
* This occurs in the second verse of "Mary Had a Little Lamb," [[SecondVerseCurse assuming you get that far]]:

* In ''Literature/{{Ratburger}}'', Zoe finds a baby rat and decides to keep him as a secret pet. She takes him to school in her sweater but gets busted when he first poops on the bathroom floor, then climbs from Zoe's pocket onto her head.
* ''Literature/TwoDogsInATrenchCoatGoToSchool'' has the eponymous dogs pose as a new student to help their human.
* ''Literature/WaysideSchool'': In the last story of ''Literature/WaysideSchoolIsFallingDown'', Mrs. Jewels rings her cowbell really loud to calm the students of the thirtieth floor down. She unknowingly attracted all the cows from the country side and filled up the school. Louis gets rid of all the cows in the school, except for one that's on the nineteenth floor in ''Literature/WaysideSchoolGetsALittleStranger''.
* The poem "Dog in the Playground" is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. A dog gets into the playground and runs around, chased by the students, the caretaker and eventually the teachers until it finally leaves.

* ''Series/{{Wishbone}}'': In "Muttketeer", Wishbone wants to go to school after his owner Sam goes back in to see his teacher's new computer, but the janitor tells him that dogs aren't allowed in school. When Wishbone sees a mouse lurking in the school, he has to go inside to stop it.

* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': From the 1970s onward, Snoopy has gone to Charlie Brown's school, usually with Charlie Brown or Sally, but occasionally on his own.

* ''ComicBook/KidSherlock'': Sherlock Holmes's friend and companion, John Watson is reinterpreted here as an anthropomorphic dog who is able to walk on two legs and attends elementary school just like any other human kid.

* ''Comicstrip/FootrotFlats'': The Dog accompanies Rangi to school one day. All the children feed him their lunches. He manages to hide in Rangi's desk during class, and he hops out and keeps devouring the lunches the children feed him as soon as the teacher leaves the room. Eventually Wal arrives, having been informed of the Dog being there, rather embarassed; but the teacher states that he's managed to make use of him. Wal finds him up the back of the classroom in a series of vivariums, marked variously "Carnivore: this animal eats meat" (contains a mantis), "Herbivore: This animal eats plants" (contains a caterpillar) and "Omnivore: This animal eats all sorts of rubbish" (contains a very sheepish-looking Dog, still stuffing his face.)