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What Pet To Get? (2008)

by Emma Dodd(Favorite Author)

3.83 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0545035708 (ISBN13: 9780545035705)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Scholastic

review 1: Jack's mother said he could get a pet... but what pet should he get? An elephant would be too hard to take on vacation. A polar bear won't like central heat, T-Rex - well they are extinct and the last page shows the pet Jack decides to get. Kindergartners and first grade could discuss basic survival needs of animals and what you need to do to take care of a pet. In science you could discuss the various habitats of animals and math you could estimate and compare the weights of the animals.
review 2: Jack asked his mom for a pet and she countered with her own question: what do you want? Jack works his way through a list of wild (but fun) animals that would make super pets and his mom doesn't bat an eye. Instead, she has him see reason about each of them--a... morend not always with the usual size, food or cleanliness issues. Eventually, Jack narrows the list down to a dog, though there is a lovely twist at the end of the story, even with the less exotic pet choice. The pictures are fun and colorful and not too busy. Jack is cute and I love the way his mom treats each suggestion: acceptance, but a dose of realism, too. This book reminds me of Steven Kellogg's Can I Keep Him? and would work well for a pet storytime, surprise ending storytime or an imagination storytime. less

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