Pick a Pet

Shelly Rtner and Cheo Garcia

ISBN 10: 0531301478 / ISBN 13: 9780531301470

Published by Scholastic, 1999

About this Item

[ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Edition: first ] Publisher: Orchard Books Pub Date: 2/19/1999 Binding: hardcover Pages: 30 first edition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pick a Pet
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0531301478
• ISBN 13: 9780531301470
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Garcia
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

Determined to have a pet of her own, especially since her family and friends own a vast array of pets, Patty has no idea what to choose until one night she dreams of strange and exotic creatures, and when she wakes up, she realizes she has found the perfect pet for her.

Reviews

PreSchool-Grade 2-In this imaginative picture book, Patty decides on the perfect pet. She considers the animals that her friends and relatives have chosen, but they don't suit her. In a cleverly done dream scene, she imagines a whole array of creatures, from the common to the exotic, and awakens with her mind made up. Patty's perfect pet is "friendly, can sleep in her room, and loves to play. Patty picks...a puppy!" The crisp, eye-catching photographs are filled with bold primary colors. A variety of perspectives are utilized, and computer enhancement is employed for the dream scenes. The characters are diverse in gender, ethnicity, and physical ability. Most of the text, which consists of one large-print sentence per page, uses alliteration: "Larry...has a lizard he calls Lucky." This title pairs well with Rotner's other offerings, especially Faces (Macmillan, 1994) and Lots of Moms (Dial, 1996).
Christina Dorr, Whitehall City Schools, OH
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