My Favorite Pets
by Gus W. for Ms. Smolinski's Class
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
A hilarious picture book from New York Times bestselling author of The Penderwicks Jeanne Birdsall and New York Times bestselling illustrator Harry Bliss about one child's outrageous school essay on his "pet" sheep.
Things to know about sheep:
Sheep live outside.
Sheep have wool.
Sheep will not learn to ride a skateboard.
Sheep will not climb a tree.
Sheep will come into the house...but this will get you into trouble.
Seventeen sheep plus one Gus means that life is never dull on the farm! From National Book Award winning author Jeanne Birdsall and New York Times Bestselling illustrator Harry Bliss comes a hilarious tale about man's other best friend.
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Birdsall (the Penderwicks series) goes straight for hilarity in a story framed as a boy's school assignment, with Bliss (Grandma in Blue with Red Hat) as an inspired coconspirator. Gus has a flock of 17 sheep, a healthy dose of curiosity, and parents who can't quite keep up with him. His composition for Ms. Smolinski's class, which appears in penciled handwriting across Bliss's supremely goofy spreads, investigates his sheep and their interactions with the human world. Gus records his flock's ability to understand language ("A girl sheep is a ewe. If you say, Hey, Ewe,' she won't answer"), their dislike of small spaces ("You can't put them into a car"), and some fashion notes. "Sheep look silly with pajamas on their heads," he writes, memorializing the dazed face of his victim with his cell phone camera. When Gus brings the whole flock into the house, total ovine chaos ensues ("You can tell them it's your little brother's fault. You will get sent to your room anyway"). It's a wooly stampede of guffaws all the way. Ages 3 7.
