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Loading... Melissa's Octopus and Other Unsuitable Petsby Charlotte Voake
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Charlotte Voake has been around for ever: since my grown-up children were small, anyway. This is another splendid addition to the canon. Melisssa has an odd pet. Her other friends do, too. A warthog, a worm, and elephant, a mole...... All unsuitable in their own way. Most unsuitable of all is a crocodile. What will happen when they all go round to tea to see him? A delightful tale that's just scarey enough for the three year old who will. I'm sure, love this book. ( ) This review posted at The Children's Book and Media Review People can have all kinds of different pets. Melissa has an octopus, but it’s not very suitable because he makes such a mess in the bathroom. Thomas has a mole, but the mole is always making tunnels and so is difficult to find. Betty can’t ever find her chameleon. Arthur’s warthog does exactly what it wants. Caroline has to use a ladder to hug her pet giraffe, and Simon’s doesn’t know which end of his worm he is supposed to talk to. Peter’s elephant is sometimes way too heavy. With all of these unsuitable pets, though, a crocodile that could eat its owners could be the most unsuitable pet of all! This book doesn’t have lessons to learn from. Instead, it uses a lot of visual humor and charming illustrations to talk about pets. There isn’t a particular plot. Instead, there are examples of all the different kinds of unsuitable pets that the children in the book have. The last pet takes away some of the cuteness of the book and makes it somewhat alarming instead. The lack of a plot and the simple descriptions of why certain animals are unsuitable pets make it something of an odd book, but many children will enjoy the pictures and perhaps decide that they don’t want an unsuitable pet of their own. no reviews | add a review
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"There are certain animals that make suitable pets, like a cat, a dog or a guinea pig. Then there are other animals that definitely make unsuitable pets, like an octopus, a warthog or an elephant. They are much too large, too messy and, well, just a tad free-spirited. They also have a tendency to break things...like floors, ceilings and tables. But can you guess what makes the most unsuitable pet ever? Here's a clue...he has a long, scaly green tail and very sharp teeth"--Publisher's website. No library descriptions found. |
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