Keeping ones pets happy should be easy, but actually it can be rather complicated at times. Especially if ones pet is unusual. We had a potbelly pig for a pet for a number of years. At first Gracie was a very easy house pet to care for. She was house trained in just a few days and was very intelligent, which meant that she learned the rules very quickly. Then Gracie's urge to root took over and she became very destructive. We then had to make sure that she had rooting time outdoors every day so that her rooting instinct was satisfied.
In today's book you are going to meet a wide variety of pets and you will learn what these pets need to be be happy.
When your Porcupine Feels Prickly
In today's book you are going to meet a wide variety of pets and you will learn what these pets need to be be happy.
When your Porcupine Feels Prickly
Kathy DeZarn Beynette
Poetry Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Pomegranate, 2012, 978-0-7649-6318-6
Many of us know all kinds of things about animals. We
know that cheetahs are the fastest land animals and that whales are not fish.
We like to think that we know a lot about the animals that we keep as pets too.
We know that cats like warm places to
sleep, that dogs like companionship, and that pet rats need to be kept busy
because they are intelligent. However, there are some things that perhaps we
should know about animals that we don’t. Thankfully, the author of this book
has kindly written down a few tips and suggestions to help us.
For example, it
is very important to get your dog food as soon as he or she asks for it because
“To do any less would be rude.” If you have a cat, always be sure to offer the
feline a choice of food and ask “Would you prefer this? Perhaps you’d like
that?”
Pet birds also
need to be treated with consideration, and we need to show them that we trust
and respect them. The best way to do this is to take off your hat when you are
talking to your pet bird to show that “you don’t think you will be pooped on or
pecked.”
If you have a bee
for a pet and if she is “feeling down,” the author suggests that you offer her
a crown. Wearing a crown helps the author when she is “feeling blue,” so maybe
it will help a pet bee too.
In all there are
twenty-two little poems in this book, each one of which is accompanied by a
whimsical painting. As they read the
poems young readers will find out how to care for their pet porcupines,
baboons, pelicans, ponies, cockroaches, goats, and other animals. The author
uses humor and a clever use of language to create poems that will delight
readers who have a fondness for animals.
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