I Want A Pet

by Barbara Gregorich

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Genres: Childrens

Paperback

First published February 1, 1984

About the author

Barbara Gregorich, who writes fiction and nonfiction for adults and for children, has in her writing career deliberately moved from one genre to another, writing about the things important in life — baseball, mystery, and social justice. Her seminal Women at Play: The Story of Women in Baseball won the SABR-MacMillan Award and laid the groundwork for other books on the subject. ​​​​​​​For her research and writings on women in baseball, Barbara Gregorich received the 2024 SABR Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award.

In 2021 City of Light published The F Words, whose story of ICE persecution of immigrants focuses on the resilience of working class teens. Exit Velocity (2024) features a young working class woman who encounters discrimination in the workplace and assault on the streets. As she fights for her rights, she is aided by a parrot from another planet.

Barbara's most recent book, Ballad of the Horse and Mule: Some Will Make It Through, is a novella-in-verse, an exciting story of a cross-country endurance horse race. This story of competition, steadfastness, and friendship appeals to all ages.

For more information about Barbara and her books, visit her blog, Much to Write About, available on GoodReads.

Reviews

[Tym]

Cute art and a simple narrative

[Hawk Hassaan]

I love that book because a boy finds a pet and finally decides on two! This classic book is better than the original. Some animals disappeared, but horses are not very big pets! It was Rex Schneider's
fault! He must had made a mistake! This book is still nice. I didn't read it yet! Can I read it? It was my favorite book I want to read in the whole world! I still like it because I Want a Pet is a very lovely book
about a boy's search for just the right pet. I see some animals disappear like the elephant, the hippo, the horse, the doggy and the turtle, but the black cat, the rabbit, the cute little mice, the green parrot and the chameleon is still here! But how can the black cat, the rabbit and the little mice go away? I do not know! But i'm sure i'll find a way. Barbara Gregorich and Rex Schneider will be happy if I read this book. Green pets are not the best pets at all. My favorite Goodreads author loves me.