The plot of the story begins immediately on the end page and title page through Jon Agee’s illustrations. The main character has already bought his rhino before the words of the story are introduced. The medium of these illustrations in this story I think are marker and paint. They’re balanced on the pages and in the book itself. Like the first half of the book shows the rhino doing nothing in the illustrations. But the second half of the book the rhino is shown in movement. I really liked how you could see the brush strokes on the rhino and that made it look rough to touch. I also loved how the book ended, with the rhino being the hero of the story. It helped show the boy that not everything is as it seems. ( )

A somewhat silly story about a boy who gets a pet rhino only to discover that rhinos don't do very much...or do they?

This book is the story of a little boy who decides to buy a rhinoceros. He at first thinks this new pet is rather boring, but then he discovers its special flying abilities and changes his mind. ( )

This story is about a boy and his pet rhinoceros. The boy wants nothing more than to make his pet happy. In the beginning, of the book, the boy calls in a vet to see how he can make his pet happier. Once he learns how too he starts to do these activities. One of them is playing with balloons. the rest of the book talks about other activities they do.
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Use: to teach ell students English by translating it for them, have English students learn Spanish with great picture to text illustrations.
Media: water colors

A child is disappointed in his new pet rhinoceros until the rhino helps stop a burglary. ( )