Encouraging precious moments with your children
Jacob O Reilly is desperate for a pet. Can he persuade mum and dad to let him have one?
Like many young children, Jacob O’Reilly Wants A Pet. He’d love a dog. A cat would be great. Ooh, what about gerbils? Or an iguana? He’s desperate for an animal to look after, but mum and dad don’t fancy the idea. Then they suggest that he start a pet-sitting business, and all hell breaks loose…
“I quite fancy a pet – an African lion or an octopus or even a boa constrictor. The trouble is, Mum and Dad and Granny and Grandad all have objections to pets. Grandad says that sheep are forever following you around; Dad says wolves give him a headache; and Mum says she’ll cancel tea-time if I mention bats in the wardrobe again. So I must try to find a pet that none of them will mind. What could I have?”. Lauren Child’s deliciously droll riddle of a text, accompanied by her own delightful and wacky illustrations, is sure to raise chuckles with grown-ups and children alike.
A new picture book about Wibbly Pig and his friends, who find the perfect name for a new puppy.
In the eagerly-awaited new book about Wibbly Pig, Wibbly and his friends find the perfect name for his new puppy. Mick Inkpen, creator of Kipper and many other prizewinning picture books has brought to life a character who has won the hearts of millions of readers the world over and is the star of his own tv cartoon.
If you could have any pet at all, what would you choose?
Wibbly Pig and Scruffy Pig are worried that Big Pig’s sister’s friend will choose a really boring rabbit at the pet shop. Surely an elephant, a bear or a dinosaur would be much more exciting?
The Little Princess thinks her tiny tadpole is the best thing ever. She keeps him in a bowl next to her bed, topped up with pond water and fresh weed. Everyone tells her that tadpoles aren’t really pets, but the Little Princess doesn’t care-until she wakes up to a big surprise!
What do you do if you really, really want a pet, and your mum keeps saying, “We’ll see”? You just have to use your imagination! What about a rock called Fluffy? A sweet wrapper called William? Or maybe a balloon called Bruce? Pets don’t get more peculiar than this. There’s even a real pet at the end as our heroine’s patience is rewarded with … Timmy the Kitten! And Timmy is the best pet in the world.
A small boy imagines all the wild pets he could get, from an enormous bear to a fiery dragon! He decides they’d be so much better than his sister’s boring little guinea pig. But maybe even the smallest of pets can be surprisingly fun, too . . .
Tony Ross has chosen vivid pastels to illustrate the new adventures of the Little Princess. In PETS she has to decide which animal she would like as a pet.
Splish, splash! Oh dear, Peppa Pig’s pet fish, Goldie, isn’t well. Join Peppa, George and Mummy Pig in this delightful board storybook, based on the number one and award-winning preschool children’s TV show on Channel 5 and Nickelodeon, as they take an exciting bus ride to the vet to find out why Goldie isn’t eating her food. Be sure to look out for the extra little picture story running throughout the book. Every Peppa fan from 2-5 years old will enjoy this ‘first experience’ story about caring for your pet, and they will love looking at the colourful pictures and joining in the adventure with Peppa and George, and their friends.
We want a pet! We want a pet!’ chant the kids.
‘No! We will not let you have a pet. We are dead set against a pet!’ say the parents.
And so the battle lines are drawn — can the kids convince the parents?
As they lie in the grass watching bugs and beetles, watching little legs and eyes,
watching ladybirds, spiders and flies, suddenly they realise these will be their pets!!
Complete mayhem follows as the kids bring their gross, slimy, leggy, hairy ‘pets’ inside . . .