The Perfect Pet
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.79 (757 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0060001100 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 32 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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The kids love it. Susan L Okeefe Use this for my opinion writing unit in first grade. The kids love it.. Kellie Lam said Five Stars. great purchase my students love it!. "cute pet book" according to Melissa Sack. Elizabeth wants a pet, but her parents say NO to all of her ideas. She ends up with a cactus called Carolyn. She likes the plant but decides to keep asking her parents for other animals. They keep telling her no. She finds a bug one day and decides that he is the perfect pet.We liked the pictures in the book. The story line kept us interested til the end.I would recommend this book because most kids can relate to the little girl in the story. She wants a pet but her parents won't let her have one.
Elizabeth accepts the substitute cactus plant ("-it had quite a prickly sense of humor") and even names it, but she doesn't give up, surprising her parents in bed, in the bathroom ("Catch Them Off Guard"), and at the dinner table. For storytimes, combine this winner with Liesel Moak Skorpen's All the Lassies (Dial, 1970; o.p.) and Judith Viorst's poem "Mother Doesn't Want a Dog." Good for individual or group sharing.Marlene Gawron, formerly at Orange County Library, Orlando, FLCopyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. From School Library Journal PreSchool-Grade 2-Palatini adds her own brand of offbeat humor and an unexpe
Elizabeth really, really, wants a pet. But her parents do not. When Elizabeth campaigns to find the right pet, her family imagines some hair-raising possibilities, until Doug comes along—who is, without a doubt, the most unusual, perfect pet of all.. Even though Elizabeth's new plant proves to be a good listener, Elizabeth still really wants a pet. Instead they give her a cactus
In his thesis Bruce looked at the image making of the non-dominant hand, making the fascinating discovery that in most people the ability to draw lies in the use of the ‘other’ hand.. Margie Palatini is the author of many outrageously funny books for children, including Piggie Pie!, illustrated by Howard Fine; Moosetache, Mooseltoe, and the Bad Boys series, all illustrate