LITERATURE
Hopkins, Lee Bennett, Selector

A Pet for Me: Poems

(3) K-3 I Can Read Book series. Illustrated by Jane Manning. Kids cotton to all kinds of critters in this spirited collection of twenty pet poems. The requisite cats and dogs caper through the verse, as do more exotic animal companions such as iguanas, homing pigeons, and tarantulas. The brief poems are accessible enough for new but fluent readers; the cheery pictures portray some pet owners looking suspiciously like their pets. Ind.

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