Piper Maclane wants a pet so badly, but she's allergic to everything. So she creates her ownaEURO*out of slime! From Epic! Originals, My Pet Slime is a sweet, slimy series about a girl who makes the most of a challenging situation and is rewarded with a bit of magic!

Piper wishes she could have a pet to care for and snuggle with and take to school for Show and Tell. All of the other kids have one. But she's allergic to every animal imaginable! So instead, she makes her own pet out of slime, with big eyes, a little mouth, and two arms just long enough for hugs. It would be the perfect pet for Piper, if it were real. When a strange turn of events brings her slime to life, Piper learns how fun, challenging, and messy it can be to care for a petaEURO*especially one made out of slime!

At the back of the book, learn about real-life slime and follow the recipe to create a "pet" of your own!

 

This is book 1 in My Pet Slime .

This book has been graded for interest at 6+ years.

There are 160 pages in this book. This book was published 2019 by Andrews McMeel Publishing .

Courtney Sheinmel is the author of My So-Called Family, Positively, Sincerely, All the Things You Are, and the Stella Batts series for young readers. Her books have received many awards and appeared on numerous recommended lists. She lives in New York City. Renee Kurilla has illustrated many books for kids, including Orangutanka: A Story in Poems by Margarita Engle, Chicks Rule! by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen, and the Ada Lace chapter book series by Emily Calandrelli. Her picture book Right This Very Minute , written by Lisl Detlefsen, was selected as the American Farm Bureau's 2019 Book of the Year. Renee has a BFA in illustration and diploma in graphic design from Lesley University College of Art and Design. She lives just south of Boston with her husband, daughter, and a plump orange cat who springs to life the moment everyone else falls asleep.