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The Pet Shop - Allan Ahlberg

Description: ISBN 0140566821 / Author: Allan Ahlberg / Genre: Junior Books / The big skeleton and the little skeleton get fed up with the dog skeleton ... more

The Pet Shop - Allan Ahlberg ... and decide to swop him at the pet shop. They start off with a goldfish but soon get tired of him and swop him for a parrot until they get bored with him, and so it goes on. Eventually the pet shop owner gives them a box to take home with a surprise pet inside which of course turns out to be none other than their old friend the dog skeleton.

Newest Review: ... and because big skeleton and little skeleton are fed up of him digging holes and making lots of noise, they decide to take ... more

... him to the pet shop and swap him. In the pet shop (full of animal skeletons), they hand the dog over and get a fish. Of course, they get fed up of the goldsish swimming and blowing bubbles, so they swap it for a parrot, then a hippo, until they finally get a rabbit. They decide that they love the rabiit but there is one problem...it's not a "he". The rabbit has lots of baby rabbits and the house is full of them, so of course, they have to go. Back at the pet shop, the owner says he has just the thing for th...more

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The Pet Shop - Allan Ahlberg: In a dark dark...woof! (755 words)
by - written on 01/05/08 (Very useful, 103 readings)
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The pet shop One of the ever popular Funnybones books, which children seem to love, although I don't think this one is as well known as some of the others ~~Story and Illustrations~~ Of course, the book, as with all the books in the Funnybones series starts by setting the scene..."In a dark, dark street, there is a dark dark house..." This one changes ever so slightly because before the "dark dark" bit we have a "Woof!" This doesn't spoil any of the enjoyment and sense of achievement because children who have read any of the books before will feel very pleased with themselves because even if they are not ... Read the complete review