ISBN: 9780980016222
Editorial: Vanita Books
Autor: Oelschlager, Vanita
Año de edición: 2008
N° Paginas: 38
Tipo de pasta: Pasta dura
Descripción: From School Library JournalPreSchool-K—After a boy pesters his mother for a pet, she throws up her hands in defeat, marches to the store, and buys him a guppy. The boy is not enthusiastic about it, but after doing some research on the Internet, he decides that it's a cool pet after all. His change of heart might have been more convincing had some of that cool information been shared with readers, who have watched him daydream about llamas and elephants and parrots, yet ultimately settle for a small fish. The message of face-value acceptance is as forced as the rhyming text ("From my guppy I learned/Something important and true/You can love any pet/If he's special to you"). The fact that the mother, who clearly wants nothing to do with the animal, purchases it without any input from her son does little to prepare her child for the responsibility of taking care of an animal. The illustrations, a layering of mediums including line drawings, watercolors, and digital photography, are colorful but are not enough to compensate for the flaws in the story. The protagonist in David LaRochelle's The Best Pet of All (Dutton, 2004) has more control over his own pet destiny, and the girl in Dan Yaccarino's The Birthday Fish (Holt, 2005) also gets a fish she does not want and grows to love it—without the stilted verse.—Kara Schaff Dean, Walpole Public Library, MACopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.What parent hasn't heard their child say ""I want a puppy, or a kitten?"" Or he or she might want a more exotic pet like a ferret, snake, hamster, lizard, even a snail. How do you explain that your home may not be right for a pet? Still, you may give in, deciding that teaching a child to take care of a pet helps teach responsibility. In this wonderful story the kind of pet is the surprise. What Pet Will I Get? tells this charming story through the voice of a child hoping for the pet he's ""wanted all his life."" The reader shares the excitement of a child as he imagines mom coming home with a great pet. He is literally jumping with anticipation: ""I've pictured this day / So long in my head / I make my own bed."" But when Mom comes home with only a single guppy our narrator is crushed ?????? until he begins to actually find out more about guppies on his computer. Soon he begins to ""decorate"" the guppy's home and learns that his fish is more than a pet but a new and wonderful part of his life.About the AuthorVanita Oelschlager is a wife, mother, grandmother, philanthropist,former teacher, current caregiver, author, and poet. She is agraduate of Mt. Union College in Alliance, Ohio, where shecurrently serves as a Trustee. Vanita is also Writer In Residencefor the Literacy Program at The University of Akron.Her first book, My Grampy Can't Walk, was widely praised. It'san uplifting story about the wonderful relationship between herhusband Jim, who has multiple sclerosis, and their grandchildren. Vanita has also supported Jim as he built Oak ssociates, ltd. into a highly respected investment management firm.Kristin Blackwood is an experienced illustrator whose other VanitaBooks include: My Grampy Can't Walk, Let Me Bee, Big Blue, Made In China and What Pet Will I Get?
- Idioma: Inglés
- Envío: Desde EE. UU.
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