Books Make Good Pets
£3.80
Books make good pets and don’t need going to the vet.
You don’t have to keep them on a lead or throw them a stick.
They’ll wag their words whenever you flick their dog-eared pages.
Even howl an ancient tale for the inward-listening ear.
Did you know that a book can take you anywhere? You only need to turn the pages of a story, and in a moment, you and your book could be crossing the waves in a pirate ship… or diving with mermaids… or even snoozing with a dragon.
Books really DO make good pets! Why don’t you peep inside this one, and take your mind on an adventure?
This delightful original picture book poem is the perfect gift for anyone who delights in the magic of a good book. Agard’s evocative, lyrical style is perfectly complemented with illustrations by Momoko Abe, whose colourful visuals add character, transporting the reader into an enchanting world of imagination.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Orchard Books (12 Nov. 2020) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| File size | 11059 KB |
| Text-to-Speech | Not enabled |
| Enhanced typesetting | Not Enabled |
| X-Ray | Not Enabled |
| Word Wise | Not Enabled |
| Sticky notes | Not Enabled |
| Print length | 32 pages |
by Richard2F
Very beautiful book and well written… Maybe too well written, in fact.
I’m not sure the public target has been well identified. The puns seem way too clever for the suggested age group (3-5 yo).
At bedtime, you don’t want to spend extra time explaining what is a dog-eared book and why it is funny in that context : you just want a fun story and a child asleep :).
By the time the child is old enough to enjoy the text, she/he is too old to enjoy the book in itself.
Maybe the target is in fact the books-loving parents who will really enjoy reading the story.
4 stars from an adult point of view, 2 or 3 for a child.
by Max
This is a wonderfully lyrical poem about books and the imagination they can generate. It is quite abstract and isn’t easily understood by the target audience of 3-5 year olds, but I think it can nevertheless open their eyes to the joy of exploring the meaning of poetry that may catch someone’s interest.
I would say this will go over the heads of most of the target audience, but might just sow a poetry seed in the minds of some. As a parent I loved it.
by Zag
This is a beautifully illustrated story. It took a reread to properly appreciate it though, seemed a bit abstract at first. The poetic flow of it was more obvious after the first read. The chorus like repetition worked well for our three, six and nine year old to join in. It is great for metaphors and similes discussion: ‘Books can glow and swim in the bowl of your imagination.’ Lovely!
by Trashpanda
This is a really good book that works on two levels. Firstly, it does a good job of explaining why books are so good, so will help any young child to realise this; secondly, it helps with explaining why a child may not be able to have a pet (or perhaps has lost a pet), and why books can be a good substitute. Either way, it encourages reading, which can only be welcome.
by Mrs S
A nice picture book. It’s a bit odd though. The pictures are nice and it’s a good book for the 3-7 year age range but personally I found the theme a little strange. If you thought this book was about books being good pets, then you were right. It literally is a poem about how book are better than pets. Maybe designed to try and dissuade children from wanting a pet? Apart from the quirky content, the book is lovely.
by Trashpanda
I love the quality of this book and it being a hardback means it will last so much longer too. It’s illustrated lovely and has a great story behind it. My daughter’s a little too young to understand what’s being said but she just loves being read to and looking at the pictures although I must say as the reader my only issue is that it’s quite difficult to get a reading rythum as it’s like it rhymes but doesn’t at the same time. It’s has some quite but words in it too but I guess that’s good for children’s vocabulary. Overall I still think it’s a good book
by Jade Hewlett
we enjoy reading, and we are always interested in new books.
We are and homeschooling family so a book to us is so much more than a quick read its a full conversation after and many questions and this book has been perfect for that, it covers a wide age range so I was able to use this for all of my children age range from 3 to 10. this has really brought a fresh topic into our classroom even though we do have pets at home. This can help families who can’t have pets. opening children eyes to ahold new imagination.
The playful rhyming in this book is wonderful, and is great for my 7 year old who loves poems, i feel like this book is the correct age range for her.
I found the repetition helpful especially with my youngest daughter aged three , repetition helps her to remember the story and asked lots of questions afterwards.
This book is a hard cover and both Front and back cover are colourful and eye-catching when put on a bookshelf so children will walk over and choose this book easily. we really enjoyed this book and recommend the other families give it a go too.
by ArtichokesForAll
Books Make Good Pets is a book about books and how they’d be great pets and are perfect for expanding your imagination and immersing yourself in the story.
This is a nice idea for a story but we didn’t really enjoy it much at all. The writing in the story is difficult to read as although it rhymes sometimes it doesn’t flow to read and the repetitive aspect gets a bit boring after a while. The children and I love repetitiveness in books as it helps them get involved in the storytelling but this one just didn’t seem right in the book.
I did like how it showed how great books are and that they are so much more than just a book as they’re full of imagination. The imagination in this book is shown beautifully in the lovely illustrations that take you to a new story scene on each page. The children enjoyed the uniqueness of this and particularly liked seeing the pirates and mermaids.
This isn’t a book we’d rush to pick up again, the pictures are great but the story lets the book down.