Children Make Terrible Pets
CRITICS HAVE SAID
- Appealing and humorous, with a lesson to boot!
–School Library Journal - Brown’s distinctive multimedia art, featuring text in colored blocks and characters’ asides printed in word balloons, has a playful, old-time style that matches the woodsy setting and the enjoyable story’s upbeat tone.
–Booklist - Joyfully animated illustrations depict Lucy in a pink tutu and Squeaker as a typical boy in a striped shirt and sneakers. The way each page is framed in a faux wood finish gives the pictures the look of a vintage television console.
–New York Times
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