My Pet Wants a Pet

A young boy pleads with his mother for a puppy, longing to have someone to take care of. Eventually she relents, and boy and dog are happy together. Until the puppy too decides he wants someone to care for, and he adopts a kitten. Soon enough the kitten too wants a pet, and the process continues, until the house is full of animals and the boy's mother is beside herself. How can he show her the pleasure of caring for another...?

Very easily, as it happens, since he himself is the being in her care. A sweet and heartwarming tale about longing for and then loving an animal companion, My Pet Wants a Pet is also a madcap adventure with a fun, read-aloud quality - "What?!" cried the boy's mother. "That worm is the pet of the pet of the pet of show more your pet! He does NOT NEED A PET" - that would make it an excellent story-time selection. The artwork by Eric Barclay is well-suited to the humorous nature of author Elise Broach's tale, capturing the zany hi-jinks quite well. Recommended to all young children who long for a pet, and to anyone looking for new picture-books to entertain their youngsters. show less

A child's new dog wants his own pet, so a cat is added to the family. But then, the cat wants something to take care of. We go down the line of predators and prey - bird, worm, then flea (the child humorously questions whether a bird would rather eat the worm than take care of it, but all the pets seem peaceful). Finally, the flea finds its own pet in a circular fashion, and the child wraps it up (literally) by becoming his long-suffering mom's pet. Cute illustrations and a silly premise.

Every child’s dream is to have a pet so when mom finally says yes, everyone is happy. Well for a little while until the pet wants a pet and so on and so on. Children love this story as each pet wants a pet and they try to guess what pet it should be. The story tells of how each creature can care for another creature in so many ways. A fun read aloud with great illustrations.

In the story it starts out with a boy that gets a new pet dog. Next, the dog wanted a pet so they got kitten for the puppy to take care of. throughout the story, each of the pets got a more and more pets for the pets to take care of.