I Want a Pet!

A humorous rhyming text about a boy who is looking for a pet.

‘I want a pet! I want a pet! I hope I like the pet I get!’
When a boy goes to the Strange Pet Shop to find a pet, there’s no knowing what he’ll find there. He is very particular, and nothing at the Strange Pet Shop suits him until, at last the perfect pet comes bounding through the door!

‘I want a pet! I want a pet! I hope I like the pet I get!’
When a boy goes to the Strange Pet Shop to find a pet, there’s no knowing what he’ll find there. He is very particular, and nothing at the Strange Pet Shop suits him until, at last the perfect pet comes bounding through the door!

• Green/ Band 5 books offer early readers patterned language and varied characters.
• Text type - A poem with predictable structure and patterned language.
• At the end of the story is a poster advertising the Strange Pet Shop, which is ideal for further discussion and supporting further work outside the reading session.
• Curriculum links - Citizenship: Animals and us.
• This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.
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