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Everything You Need to Know About Our Animal Friends

Many children want a pet. The animals we call pets don’t really come from the pet shop. They come from high mountains, the desert, the steppes, the sea and the rainforest.

It’s fun to have a pet! You get a good animal friend and memories for life. But there’s also a lot to think about. Do you want to change drinking water, pick up poop and make sure your pet doesn’t get bored?  Not just for a few weeks, but for many years? And do you know what kind of equipment you really need to keep a cat, a rabbit, a dog or a budgie?

In The World of Pets you can read and learn about pets that live in our homes. It’s a great introduction to the most common and the more unusual pets. It’s a guide that give you basic of knowledge for choosing the pet that is perfect for you. Or just knowledge for animal lovers. A book to enjoy by young readers again and again.

Pets in the book:
guinea pig * cat * dog *rabbit * chinchilla * lizard * walking-stick insect * birds * rat * mini pig * fish * ferret * reptile * hamster * turtle