Piper Picks the Perfect Pet

Caroline Touhey (text) and Nicky Johnston (illustrator), Piper Picks the Perfect Pet, Ford Street Publishing, 32pp., RRP $16.95 (pbk), ISBN 9781925804591

My dad says I can choose a pet. 

But I’m not sure which pet to get. 

Piper goes through many options – dogs that are fluffy, scruffy, bouncy, flouncy. Then a range of cats. Or perhaps a donkey, axolotl, goat or lizard? There is a pet show at school, and it seems there are awards for all manner of pets. Piper starts looking in books, before taking her clipboard all around, to observe a potential match. 

This is a lovely rhyming romp to read aloud to a young child. The illustrations are warm and humorous, in soft watercolours. It is a book about possibilities and finding something that suits just you. 

Teachers Notes are available at the Ford Street Publishers’ website. 

Reviewed by Marita Thomson

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