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Can I Keep It? - Tony Ross

Description: ISBN 1842706446 / Author: Tony Ross / Genre: Junior Books / Publisher: Andersen Press Ltd / The Little Princess thinks her tiny tadpole ... more

Can I Keep It? - Tony Ross ... is the best thing ever. She keeps him in a bowl next to her bed, topped up with pond water and fresh weed. Everyone tells her that tadpoles aren't really pets, but the Little Princess doesn't care - until she wakes up to a big surprise!

Newest Review: ... this book - Can I Keep It? - the Little Princess is having a picnic down by the pond. When she opens a packet of biscuits ... more

... they go everywhere and some land in the pond with a big splash. As a result, when the princess looks in her glass she sees a strange little thing has landed in it. At first she doesn't know what it is but soon finds out it is a tadpole. Immediately she asks 'Can I keep it?' Everyone tells her that it is not really a suitable pet, but as happens quite often , the princess pleads her case and they give in. She then has to find a bowl for the tadpole to live in and enjoys looking after him and even calls him Taddy. Howe...more

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Can I Keep It? - Tony Ross: A suitable pet? (750 words)
by - written on 04/05/08 (Very useful, 125 readings)
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We are all very big fans of the Little Princess in our house and my daughters love the TV series and all of the books as well. My youngest daughter was given a set of Little Princess books for her birthday and now they are all among her favourites. This latest one - Can I Keep It? - is no exception and also gives a little lesson in biology as well. All of the Little Princess books feature the same set of mad and quirky characters who live at the palace with our rather unconventional princess who is not beautiful (although she does have an appeal and you could argue that beauty is in the eye of the beholder!) and she is always getting into scrapes and messes! ... Read the complete review