TITLE: Children Make Terrible Pets
AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR: This book was written and illustrated by Peter Brown.
GENRE: Fiction Picture Book
THEME: friendships between animals and humans
AWARDS: Cybils Award Nominee, 2010
CHARACTERS: Lucy, Squeaker, Mom (Lucy's mother)
PUBLISHING DATE AND COMPANY: Workman Publishing, 2010
SUMMARY: Lucy, a bear, finds a child in the woods. She hears him make a noise, which she defines as a squeak. Lucy then decides to name the child Squeaker. When she brings Squeaker home, she asks her mother if she can keep him. Her mama informs her that "Children make terrible pets"! However, Squeaker and Lucy develop a great friendship. Their friendship has interesting and hilarious events, such as when Lucy tries to teach Squeaker to use the little box! Eventually, Squeaker runs away back to his family. In order to see how their friendship survives, you will have to read the story. This book would be great to use in a classroom to possibly introduce a unit on animal biology.
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