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32 pp.
| Holt |
January, 1998 |
TradeISBN 0-8050-3893-0
(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.