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MY TINY PET BY JESSIE HARTLAND
A SILLY AND SCIENTIFIC PICTURE BOOK FEATURING A UNIQUE PET
MOST PARENTS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE NEGOTIATIONS INVOLVED IN CHOOSING A NEW PET, BUT JESSIE HARTLAND PUTS A CLEVER SPIN ON THE SITUATION WITH A CHILD’S VERY UNIQUE PET CHOICE. When one girl’s personal pet menagerie grows out of control (6 poodles, 10 cats, a tarantula, 2 snakes, 3 hedgehogs, 10 mice, countless birds, hundreds of fish, an octopus, 3 rabbits, a pony, a pig, a goat, and 3 turtles) her overwhelmed parents announce it is time to simplify and downsize. However, after finding all her pets good homes and moving from a large home in the city to a tiny house in the woods, she begins her persistent request for just one pet. Initially met with resistance from her parents, she explains that the pet she wants is smaller than
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Missoula Valley Lifestyle | August 2019