I Want a Pet!: Band 05/Green (Collins Big Cat)
- ISBN10: 000718591X
 - ISBN13: 9780007185917
 - Author: Kaye Umansky
 - Illustrator: Sarah Horne
 - Format: Paperback / softback
 - Published: 05/01/2005
 
‘I want a pet! I want a pet! I hope I like the pet I get!’
When a boy goes to the Strange Pet Shop to find a pet, there’s no knowing what he’ll find there. He is very particular, and nothing at the Strange Pet Shop suits him until, at last the perfect pet comes bounding through the door!
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‘I want a pet! I want a pet! I hope I like the pet I get!’
When a boy goes to the Strange Pet Shop to find a pet, there’s no knowing what he’ll find there. He is very particular, and nothing at the Strange Pet Shop suits him until, at last the perfect pet comes bounding through the door!
- Green/ Band 5 books offer early readers patterned language and varied characters.
 - Text type – A poem with predictable structure and patterned language.
 - At the end of the story is a poster advertising the Strange Pet Shop, which is ideal for further discussion and supporting further work outside the reading session.
 - Curriculum links – Citizenship: Animals and us.
 - This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.