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1-3Calico Kid: Hank the Pet Sitter series.
Illustrated by
Anoosha Syed.
When Hank's bicycle breaks, it's up to him to earn the money to get a new one. This series of responsibility-touting transitional readers follows Hank as he pet-sits for some wacky critters, each job getting him closer to his goal. Large full-color illustrations will help new readers decode the slight yet approachable texts. Review covers these Calico Kid: Hank the Pet Sitter titles: Elmer the Very Sneaky Sheep, Otis the Very Large Dog, Pickles the Very Hungry Pig, and Yum-Yum the Very Spoiled Fish.