Pet Parade

The Kids of the Polk Street School Specials #8

by Patricia Reilly Giff

Richard "Beast" Best thinks that Pet Week will be a disaster.  How can he bring his dog Kissie Poo to school?  She's a great dog, but she's fat and has only three teeth left.  His friends will laugh their heads off.  

Beast isn't the only one worried about what to bring.  Everyone is trying to find the best pet.  Matthew doesn't think his cat Barney is going to be good enough.  Jill and Dawn are outside digging for something.  Beast has got to think of something fast!  

Luckily Pet Week has all kinds of surprises for Beast and Matthew and all of Ms. Rooney's class.  And, at the end, the Polk Street kids tell how to care for their favorite pets.

112 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Patricia Reilly Giff was the author of many beloved books for children, including the Kids of the Polk Street School books, the Friends and Amigos books, and the Polka Dot Private Eye books. Several of her novels for older readers have been chosen as ALA-ALSC Notable Books and ALA-YALSA Best Books for Young Adults. They include The Gift of the Pirate Queen; All the Way Home; Water Street; Nory Ryan's Song, a Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Golden Kite Honor Book for Fiction; and the Newbery Honor Books Lily's Crossing and Pictures of Hollis Woods. Lily's Crossing was also chosen as a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book.

Reviews

[Heather · Rating 2 out of 5]

It is good for young children and it’s funny and has lots of fun things in it