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1lunyc
I've been desperately trying to find this book for years!
I remember it as a softcover book, mid 80's (at least when I read it).
The book was about a kid who was called into a pet shop by the store manager. While there, he was shown a number of strange pets - I remember one that was a pair of eyeglasses with wings.
The book starts out by a quote (if I remember correctly): Store owner: "Hey kid! Hey you!" Kid: "Hey who? Hey me?" Owner: "I've got some pets for you to see!"
The book is not "The Ice-Cream Cone Coot (And Other Rare Birds)" by Arnold Lobel - but probably got a lot of ideas from that one!
I've been googling like crazy anything I can remember about this, but nothing's come of it.
Please help!
I remember it as a softcover book, mid 80's (at least when I read it).
The book was about a kid who was called into a pet shop by the store manager. While there, he was shown a number of strange pets - I remember one that was a pair of eyeglasses with wings.
The book starts out by a quote (if I remember correctly): Store owner: "Hey kid! Hey you!" Kid: "Hey who? Hey me?" Owner: "I've got some pets for you to see!"
The book is not "The Ice-Cream Cone Coot (And Other Rare Birds)" by Arnold Lobel - but probably got a lot of ideas from that one!
I've been googling like crazy anything I can remember about this, but nothing's come of it.
Please help!
2bookel
http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=kw%3A+pet++shop&fq=yr%3A1950..1985+%3E+%3E+...
Search results, check, look for covers on here or eBay or abebooks, etc
Search results, check, look for covers on here or eBay or abebooks, etc
5lunyc
Thanks!
Puck's Peculiar Pet Shop looks like it should fit the bill, but don't think it is. The book i had wasn't a pop-up book, and I don't recall the images having that vintage feel. Might have to pick it up to see for myself in person - but I'm pretty certain there's another one out there!
Puck's Peculiar Pet Shop looks like it should fit the bill, but don't think it is. The book i had wasn't a pop-up book, and I don't recall the images having that vintage feel. Might have to pick it up to see for myself in person - but I'm pretty certain there's another one out there!
6bookel
OK try similar searches, check the other titles in the search results too. Was it new at the time, to limit the year range?
7lunyc
Been combing through the worldcat database, and cross referencing on google - no luck yet! Will update if I find anything - I'm obsessed w/ finding this!
8lunyc
I FOUND IT!!!! Sorting through all of these pets books made me remember the title "Pets for Sale"by Rita Golden Gelman.
Thanks for the help!
Thanks for the help!
9weener
Touchstone: Pets for Sale