Everyone has a dog, except me. So I say to my mum, "I need a dog." But my mum says, "Why do you need a dog when you have such a nice goldfish?" The little boy in this book is desperate to have a dog as a pet. After all, what's the use in having a goldfish when they don't catch sticks, they don't wag their tail and they don't go for walks? Can a goldfish EVER be the perfect pet?

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2010 by Simon & Schuster Ltd .

Leilani Sparrow was born in South Africa to English parents. She spent most of her childhood reading in Hertfordshire and wanting to be a librarian. She still lives in Hertfordshire with her family and spends her time editing and writing books for children. Dan Taylor takes much of his inspiration from his love of 1950s and 1960s design. He drinks tea by the gallon and lives with a mischievous little dog called Bertie. Gillian Shields was born and brought up in Yorkshire. She read english and Cambridge and then trained as an actress before teaching acting and becoming director of a London drama school. She now lives in the country, and teaches drama and English, part-time, in a local school