Picture books about pets

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I Want A Pet by Lauren Child (Frances Lincoln, £5.99)

Lauren Child's tale of an animal loving little girl and her not-so-keen family has typically witty rhetoric and inventive, sketchy illustrations. Children who find their demands for a menagerie of pets have been met with a barrage of excuses will have no trouble relating to the sweet central character, while parents may sympathise more with her beleaguered relatives. 

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