The Living Library is a library where students can check out classroom pets as well as books. This guide describes the installation and implementation of a Living Library. The guide is presented in the following 10 sections: (1) a description of and rationale for a Living Library; (2) an implementation timeline developed for the intermediate school student; (3) a daily pet care checklist; (4) parental permission forms in both English and Spanish; (5) a lesson plan to identify similarities and differences between living and inanimate objects; (6) a lesson plan involving a language arts game; (7) a sample of a student's writing; (8) a resource list for guest speakers, audiovisuals, basic equipment and supplemental materials; (9) a bibliography containing 25 citations; and (10) a supplementary reading list containing 29 book titles arranged by grade level, with 3 book titles in Spanish. (MDH)