Emily's Perfect Pet!

Emily's Perfect Pet! by Jonathan Shipton. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781862334212.

Its Emilys birthday and she wants a pet. Emily has always wanted a pet. But Mum and Dad think its a bad idea. "Two legs good. Four legs bad," says Dad. So Emily decides to make a list called My Pets. She uses all of her diplomacy to describe to her parents the lovely things about creatures of various shapes and sizes. But Emilys parents have serious issues with all the animals: ponies kick, puppies grow into huge slobbery dogs, kittens turn into mangy cats with terrible breath, rats just make mum shiver and goldfish Dont Do Anything. Theres only one more animal left on the list...Will Emily be able to persuade her parents that there is such a thing as the perfect pet? A funny story set around the I-Want-a-Pet discussion familiar to many families!