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(3) K-3 Sprightly rhyming verse describes the myriad choices a pet show offers a boy trying to pick out a pet: "Sleek pets / Slick pets / Do-amazing-tricks pets....Tiny pets / Shiny pets / Prickly-and-spiny pets." Lighthearted mixed-media pictures reveal a fanciful array of pets including salamanders in tutus, pet rocks, and a nice twist, a plaid-pant-wearing cat that chooses to go home with the boy.

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