Better Pets
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
STRICTLY NO ELEPHANTS meets THE BAKERY DRAGON in this laugh out loud picture book about finding the perfect pet, from #1 New York Times–bestselling author Leigh Bardugo and internationally bestselling illustrator Liz Climo.
Myrtle has a turtle, Sam has a lamb, and Tony has a pony. But Yvette and Evan don’t have any pets . . . until the Better Pets emporium rolls into town featuring some spectacular possibilities!
The Handbag Hyena laughs at all your jokes, you’ll always be warm with the Knittin’ Kitten, and it will be impossible to have a bad day with the Chin-Up Chinchilla.
Which fabulous, fantastical pets will Yvette and Evan choose? The adoption fair next door may have a different kind of magic in store!
Bestsellers Leigh Bardugo and Liz Climo celebrate perfect pets everywhere in this rollicking tale.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bardugo (The Invisible Parade) and Climo (I Am a Good Friend) introduce two petless pals in this knockabout call for authentic connection over manufactured dazzle. In a town where nearly everyone has an animal companion, brown-skinned Yvette and pale-skinned Evan each long for one of their own. But the choice feels overwhelming, and their neighborhood canvass turns up kids, portrayed with various abilities and skin tones, pushing pets of every species (" ‘Get a dog!' said Doug/ while walking his pug./ ‘Or a bird!' sang Gary while/ feeding his canary"). Finally, the two head to an animal adoption event ready to take the pet plunge, until a mysterious mustachioed huckster in animal-print duds lures them toward designer alternatives. With an anything-goes exuberance, crisp digital artwork and aggressively punny lines parade an extensive menagerie of improbably optimized pets past the protagonists—a Refrigegator keeps chilled food in its torso, a Tattling Rattler snitches on others. Offering a mini-commentary on upgrade-driven, novelty-hungry culture, this bustling picture book supplies a quiet lesson that sticks: souped-up isn't the same as well-suited. Background characters are portrayed with various abilities and skin tones. Ages 3–6.
