A barn is a daytime place / Meindert DeJong. Henry's canine teeth / Beverly Cleary -- The pretend pony / Barbee Oliver Carleton -- Dribble / Judy Blume -- A pet fit for a king / Liss Norton -- Rescuing the rescuers / Malorie Blackman -- Arabel's raven / Joan Aiken -- Heaven / David Henry Wilson -- Posy Bates goes green / Helen Cresswell -- Mrs. Bartlemy's pet / Margaret Mahy -- The parrot / Italo Calvino -- House-mouse / Ursula Moray Williams -- E!G!G!S! / Betsy Byars -- The duke who had too many giraffes / Fiona MacDonald -- What a dear little thing! / Dick King-Smith -- A barn is a daytime place / Meindert DeJong.
Summary:
A collection of seventeen stories featuring a wide range of pets, by such authors as Ted Hughes, Beverly Cleary, and Margaret Mahy.
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