A Pet Named Sneaker
by Joan Heilbroner
2020-07-21 02:40:06
Fifty years after the publication of "Robert the Rose Horse come"s Joan Heilbroner's second Beginner Book--"A Pet Named Sneaker, " with illustrations by Pascal Lemaitre. A madcap tale reminiscent of "The Cat in the Hat, Go, Dog. Go ," and "Put Me in ...
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Fifty years after the publication of "Robert the Rose Horse come"s Joan Heilbroner's second Beginner Book--"A Pet Named Sneaker, " with illustrations by Pascal Lemaitre. A madcap tale reminiscent of "The Cat in the Hat, Go, Dog. Go ," and "Put Me in the Zoo, ""Sneaker" is the story of a pet-store snake who longs for a real home. When he is finally adopted by Pete--a young boy charmed by Sneaker's uncanny ability to twist himself into different shapes--Sneaker not only proves himself a good pet, but proves to be a good student (sneaking into school with Pete and learning to read and write); a good citizen (saving a drowing toddler at a community pool); and a goodwill ambassador for the entire animal kingdom (inspiring the community to open the pool to all animals) With delightfully understated, wickedly funny illustrations by Pascal Lemaitre, this is a fantastic, funny book that will "sneakily" get beginning readers reading on their own
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