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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.