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    Prudence Wants a Pet

    By Cathleen Daly and Stephen Michael King

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    Prudence wants a pet. Desperately.
    "No," says Dad, "pets cost too much to keep."
    "No," says Mom, "pets make noise."
    But Prudence is determined. She finds her own pet. It is a…branch. But Branch isn't exactly the pet of her dreams, and neither are Twig, Mr. Round (a car tire), or her baby brother Milo.
    Poor Prudence. Will she ever find the perfect pet?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateJun 21, 2011
    ISBN9781466809666
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    Prudence Wants a Pet
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    Cathleen Daly

    Cathleen Daly is a writer and performance artist who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is the author of the novel Flirt Club, and the picture book Prudence Wants a Pet, both published by Roaring Brook Press. Her second picture book with Roaring Brook Press, Emily's Blue Period, was the runner up for the 2015-2016 Texas Bluebonnet Award, was a Junior Library Guild Selection, a Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year, and a Cooperative Children’s Book Center Choice (University of Wisconsin).

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    • 5/5
      really adorable story and illustrations
    • 5/5
      Prudence desperately wants a pet and is determined to have one. Great story, wonderful illustrations.
    • 4/5
      Prudence desperately wants a pet, but her parents are not so thrilled with the idea. So Prudence takes it upon herself to find her own pet...a branch, a twig, a shoe, her baby brother...

      I loved the imagination and humor in this story, right down to the final word, which brings the story round full-circle. The illustrations did not do much to enhance the story for me, but fortunately the text carries the story well enough on its own.
    • 5/5
      Prudence really wants to have a pet, but her parents have a bunch of reasons why she can't have one. Luckily, Prudence is imaginative & finds pets that are not messy - like Branch. But something bad happens to all of Prudence's pets, requiring her to find new ones - but none of them are quite right, or last quite long enough. Prudence, however, is a determined girl - and waits patiently for a pet.I found Prudence's parents to be very mean, destroying all her pets the way they did, not caring about Prudence's connection to them. (Her dad turns her first pet, Branch, into firewood!!! How rude!) I liked the format of the book though (long) and Prudence's determined creativity. Three cheers for Branch!