"We want a pet! We want a pet!" chant the kids. "No! We will not let you have a pet. We are dead set against a pet!" say the parents. And so the battle lines are drawn -- can the kids convince the parents? As they lie in the grass watching bugs and beetles, watching little legs and eyes, watching ladybirds, spiders and flies, suddenly they realise these will be their pets!! Complete mayhem follows as the kids bring their gross, slimy, leggy, hairy 'pets' inside . . .

 

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 2013 by Random House Children's Publishers UK .

Lindsey Gardiner is a textile designer and talented new illustrator who lives and works in Dundee. This is her first book for Orchard. Richard Hamilton lives in London with his wife and two daughters. This is Richard's first novel for Bloomsbury although he is the author of our forthcoming picture books POLLY'S PICNIC and IF I WERE YOU.