Looking for a new pet? Bored with cats, dogs, goldfish, gerbils, and hamsters? How about a cheap rhinoceros?

Shel Silverstein's loving look at the joys of rhino ownership may convince you to be the lucky person who takes home this very, very unusual pet.

This 50th Anniversary Edition features jacket art from the original 1964 edition, plus a commemorative anniversary sticker.

This book has been graded for interest at 4-8 years.

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by Simon & Schuster .

Shel Silverstein (1930-1999) was one of America's successful cartoonists and children's authors, whose books have sold over twenty million copies in thirty languages. He was also playwright, poet, performer, recording artist, and Grammy-winning, Oscar-nominated songwriter. Published in 1963, Lafcadio was his first book.