Kids’ Event - Wanted: The Perfect Pet

06/26/2010 11:00 am

June is Adopt-A-Pet month, and Old Firehouse Books wants to support our local animal charities. Meet some of the adoptable animals of Animal House and bring your kids to a reading and activity event! 

Animal House will be featuring some of their adoptable animals in front of our store from 11am to 2pm.  At noon, we will be doing a reading of Wanted: The Perfect Pet and then a drawing activity with kids.  We’ll even raffle off a copy of Wanted: The Perfect Pet to a lucky family!

Wanted: The Perfect Pet (Hardcover)

By Fiona Roberton, Fiona Roberton
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9780399254611
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Putnam Juvenile, 5/2010

Henry wants a dog more than anything in the world--more than a cowboy costume, even more than an all-expenses-paid trip to the moon. So he puts an ad in the newspaper to find the perfect pet.

Far away, a lonely duck who desperately wants a friend reads the ad. He has the clever idea to disguise himself as a dog and apply for the job of Henry's best friend. But his cover is quickly blown when he isn't very good at catching balls and his floppy ears and tail fall off. Henry is disappointed for a moment, until he thinks of all the amazing things this duck CAN do, and realizes he's found the perfect pet after all.

Fiona Roberton's irresistible illustrations and utterly charming characters will win the hearts of readers of all ages.

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