The House of a Million Pets - Hardcover

Hodgman, Ann

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805079742 ISBN 13: 9780805079746

Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2007

Synopsis

Ann Hodgman's basement is home to three guinea pigs, a cage full of birds, a big gray rabbit, a prairie dog, a bulbul (look it up), two little rabbits, a hamster, and twenty-six pygmy mice. And that's just the basement.Would your parents ever let you have that many pets at once?

If Ann Hodgman were your parents, she'd let you.

Here is the true story of what it's like to live in her barnyard―er, house―with more animals than you'll be able to keep track of.

Any kid (or adult) who has ever owned or wanted a pet will love these furry, feathered, slimy, and scaly stories.

The House of a Million Pets is a 2008 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

About this title

About the Author:

ANN HODGMAN is the author of many books for children, but this is the first one she has written about her own life and her own pets. She lives in Washington, Connecticut.

EUGENE YELCHIN studied art and theater design at the Leningrad Institute of Theater Arts. He lives in California.

From Publishers Weekly:

Animal lover Hodgman ushers readers into her basement barnyard, home to finches and canaries, three guinea pigs, a large three-legged rabbit and two smaller bunnies (one of whom growls), a prairie dog, a hamster and 26 pygmy mice. Also in residence are two miniature dachshunds (one's breath smells like thousands of dead lobsters) and three cats. After introducing her menagerie, the author offers a hodgepodge of anecdotes about past and present pets, plus tips on caring for an assortment of animals. Some of the information shows a light touch: she lists the worst things my dogs have eaten (including a boxed, wrapped and hidden handmade Christmas ornament; underpants; and the head of a dead mouse), discusses names her pets have been given (relatives object to her daughter's naming a hamster Mary) and offers tongue-in-cheek directions for cutting a rabbit's nails in thirteen impossible steps. But only hardcore enthusiasts will be interested in the author's details of cleaning out her mice's cage and ailments of various pets and their treatments by the vet. Those who do share Hodgman's devotion to animals, however, will be swept up by her breezy style (Ducks do not belong inside a house. Most people probably know this already. But it took me six ducklings' worth of training before I learned it myself); for these readers, the book will be a ticket to, er, hog heaven. Ages 8-up. (Sept.)
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About this edition

• Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0805079742
• ISBN 13: 9780805079746
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272
• Illustrator: Yelchin Eugene