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32 pp.
| Kane/Miller
| March, 2015
|
TradeISBN 978-1-61067-361-7$12.99
(3)
K-3
Two narrators tell the same story from opposing points of view: first, a girl "rescues" a beast (a lemur) in the woods and brings it home; next, the lemur is "ambushed" by a beast (the girl), who takes it back to her "secret lair." This amusing lesson on perspective is illustrated with equally amusing cartoony illustrations; the lemur's eyes are especially expressive.
32 pp.
| Putnam
| June, 2012
|
TradeISBN 978-0-399-25773-5$16.99
(3)
K-3
Back from their success in Wanted: The Perfect Pet, pet duck Spot is threatened when his owner, Henry, seems to throw him over for a dog he receives as a birthday gift. What could be a typical story about displacement and reconciliation is keenly plotted and tenderly told, and the illustrations are full of wry thumbnail jokes and deft touches.
40 pp.
| Putnam
| May, 2010
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TradeISBN 978-0-399-25461-1$16.99
(3)
K-3
Henry advertises for a pet dog. Duck wants a friend, so he answers Henry's ad disguised as a dog. Duck isn't a very good dog, but when his identity is revealed, Henry makes a list of duck skills that point to his being the perfect pet after all. Minimally colored line drawings humorously enhance this warm tale of friendship.