I Wish I Had a Pet

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It will be hard to resist the call for a pet after reading this treasure to your pet-starved youngster. This tale would be useful as a model for writing about the pets children want, and art teachers could make a lesson exposing children to using found objects in their work. Maggie Rudy moves this familiar yearning from the human world to a hilarious series of photographed tableaux featuring felt-and-fabric mice so cunningly devised that they almost look real.

Rudy's narration emphasizes that pets require conscientious care and a certain amount of respect. This sweet, visually detailed picture book would be ideal for a 3- toyear-old whose parents show signs of succumbing to a please-may-I-have-a-pet campaign. The book features adorable photographic images of the mice with their own pets such as bumblebees, ladybugs, and butterflies. Usually ships within 1 business day Join our mailing list!

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Hardcover , 40 pages. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Jul 08, karen rated it it was amazing Shelves: View all 31 comments. Jul 07, Erica rated it it was amazing Shelves: This may be the cutest book I have ever seen in my wholeentire life.

I Wish I Had a Pet

My eyes were practically bleeding because of the adorableness being shoved in them. So the story, it is not a story.

It is a practical guide for young pet-owning-hopefuls to help with responsibly choosing a pet. It's something every person who has never had a pet should consider before taking the plunge. Good advice, all around. The illustrations are stopped stop-motion animation that's not a thing, don't go looking it up ; they This may be the cutest book I have ever seen in my wholeentire life.

The illustrations are stopped stop-motion animation that's not a thing, don't go looking it up ; they look like extras from "The Fantastic Mr. Fox" the movie , all felty and modely. Little felty, modely mice illustrate the advice on each page. The pets-in-consideration are bugs and birds, mostly bugs. It is absolutely delightful.

The baby being scared by the fierce cockroach killed me dead. I giggled out loud.

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It's surprising that these images don't move and don't make a sound because they look as if they should. I love this book and will buy a copy just to have even though I already have pets and I don't have any children in the house who will be asking for pets. I will own this just so I can have the cutness nearby at all times.

Jul 26, N rated it it was amazing Shelves: As a young girl one of my favorite books was a collection of nursery rhymes done in miniatures.

I must have looked over it's illustrations no less than a thousand times. I keep turning it's pages over and over and starting again. There is a distinct absence of this style of illustration in contemporary books, save the work of Cynthia von Buhler I can't think another. I'm not going to be able to part with this one any time soon. Feb 02, Missy rated it it was amazing Shelves: And so so cute. I Wish I Had a Pet is completely delightful.

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Artist Maggie Rudy creates collages dioramas? Never cloying, the images reward close looks and offer droll humor. Rudy's book is not just a sweet treat; it offers gently realistic lessons on pet ownership. The book ends on a warm and upbeat note, affirming that a pet can be a good friend. I don't know how I missed this wo Darling. I don't know how I missed this wonderfully whimsical book when it was first published 3 years ago, but I'm delighted to see that Rudy has other titles featuring these charming characters.

Sep 20, paula rated it it was amazing Shelves: Oooooh little sculpted winsome mousies and other creatures in scenes with dollhouse items and found objects walnut shell baby carriages! It's like The Fantastic Mr. Fox in book form, minus the Beach Boys soundtrack!

In this book the author seems to be getting around that by dividing the pet owners from the pets along taxonomic lines - all the owners are mammals mousies and all the pets nonmammals: A wee can of Turtle Wax for waxing your turtle! Feb 05, Mary rated it really liked it Shelves: An endearing picture book about a young mouse looking for the perfect pet. The illustrations are photographs of mouse figurines set in old-fashioned dioramas.

This will be a good book for discussing pet care. I'm still chuckling over the picture of the mouse waxing the turtle's shell. Jul 03, Jennifer Armstrong rated it it was amazing. This has now taken first place in my list of favorite toddler books of the year. The art doll animals hand-felted mice and birds, paper insects, etc.

A truly delightful book. Oct 01, Emma Snyder rated it it was ok Shelves: Rudy's carefully composed scenes feature clever components and unexpected details, including felted figures, repurposed household objects, torn paper and objects from the natural world. The illustrations, meanwhile, provide offbeat extensions of the simple text.

I WISH I HAD A PET by Maggie Rudy , Maggie Rudy | Kirkus Reviews

That the pet-owners are small, pet-worthy mice is the source of many smiles. The layout is spare and elegant, and the typography clear and understated. With lots to look at on each page, readers have the chance to imagine what life would be like on an entirely different scale. Each spread is a marvel of a little mouse world where young children will want to explore all the details. Through these amazing scenes, Rudy offers wise advice about pet ownership. It will be hard to resist the call for a pet after reading this treasure to your pet-starved youngster. This tale would be useful as a model for writing about the pets children want, and art teachers could make a lesson exposing children to using found objects in their work.

Maggie Rudy moves this familiar yearning from the human world to a hilarious series of photographed tableaux featuring felt-and-fabric mice so cunningly devised that they almost look real.

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