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Weird Pet Poems
By Evans, Dilys & Rogers, Jacqueline
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-68980-734-3
- Publisher
- New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1997.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 1997
PreS-Gr 3 This collection of poems begins with a boy celebrating his eighth birthday and thinking about the type of pet he wants. Subjects in the selections that follow range from the ordinary ("The Porcupine" by Karla Kushkin) to imaginary creatures such as Rebecca Kai Dotlich's "The Mudgimu," which looks like a hippopotamus. Not all of the pets are weird; many children have turtles or bulldogs. T...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
