I Want a Pet - Hardcover

Child, Lauren

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1883672821 ISBN 13: 9781883672829

Publisher: Tricycle Press, 2004

Synopsis

The more desperate for a pet a young narrator becomes, the more outlandish her suggestions--How about a boa constrictor? Why not an octopus? She accepts her family's objections with an open mind but she isn't cowed. By the end of the story the tenacious tyke has found a pet that couldn't possibly bother anyone...yet!
From the Trade Paperback edition.

About this title

About the Author:

Lauren Child is the author and illustrator of many books for children. She grew up in Wiltshire, England, and studied illustration at Manchester Polytechnic. She lives in London.
From the Trade Paperback edition.

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 2-Quirky, scratchy line drawings in bold colors complement an offbeat story about a young girl's yearning for an animal companion. A lion, a sheep, a wolf, an octopus, a boa constrictor, and a bat all seem like good choices-until their undesirable qualities are pointed out by family members. Spurning the clean, quiet goldfish offered by the store proprietor, the child finally settles on a large, lavender egg that is beginning to hatch. While some children may be frustrated by the open ending, others will love the element of mystery and enjoy speculating on what will emerge from the egg. Flat, childlike drawings depict animals and people with comically skinny appendages and round, balloonlike heads. Despite the apparent simplicity of the illustrations, closer examination reveals entertaining details, including the young narrator's outfits that change from page to page. Variations in facial expression are effected with only a few small adjustments to the line of her mouth or the direction of her gaze. Pair this with Holly Keller's Furry (Greenwillow, 1992; o.p.) and Tres Seymour's I Love My Buzzard (Orchard, 1994) for a storytime about unusual pets.
Lisa Dennis, The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, PA
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About this edition

• Publisher: Tricycle Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1883672821
• ISBN 13: 9781883672829
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 24