Do you have a child who doesn’t understand why wild animals don’t make good pets? Maybe they’d like to invite a frog, lizard, bunny, or squirrel from the backyard into your home? Try a little reverse psychology, and read them Children Make Terrible Pets by Peter Brown! It’s about a bear, named Lucy, who is practicing her pirouettes in the forest when she finds an adorable human boy. “Lucille Beatrice Bear!” says her mom, “Don’t you know that children make terrible pets?” But mom relents, Lucy names her boy Squeaker, and they begin having fun together. But soon Lucy realizes that her mom was right. Squeaker is impossible to potty train, he ruins the furniture, and then he runs away! Lucy looks for him everywhere, and finally finds him with his human family. Although she is sad she can’t keep him, Lucy realizes that Squeaker is not meant to be a pet. But an elephant… See this book listed in our catalog
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