Bound To Stay Bound

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 Let sleeping cats lie : pet poems
 Author: Bilston, Brian

 Publisher:  Macmillan Children's Books (2024)

 Dewey: 811
 Classification: Nonfiction
 Physical Description: 108 p.,  21 cm

 BTSB No: 120104 ISBN: 9781035050550
 Ages: 8-12 Grades: 3-7

 Subjects:
 Children's poetry
 Pets
 Animals

Price: $20.48

Summary:
This collection of poems focuses on the hilarious happenings in the lives of our fur-friends.




Full Text Reviews:

Other - 03/31/2025 British poet Bilston (Refugees) delivers heart-wrenching insight and frequent laughs in this pet-themed poetry collection. Cats type missives in a selection whose title mimics text produced via a paw-smashed keyboard ("Twelve whole pages/ containing just the number 7 seemed a little excessive"), and dogs opine about watering flowers in "a short poem written by my dog" ("Roses are grey/ Violets are grey/ I cock my leg/ And give them a spray"), while stanzas about other offbeat creatures resonate with dry humor and surprises. One amusingly notes that blue whales make poor pets because they "take up all the sofa" and "can be hard to get into their carriers when/ it’s time for the annual check-up." Creative typesetting amplifies the whimsy present in some poems: black type becomes fainter as it describes a vanishing chameleon, and a wandering snail’s trail loop-de-loops across pages. Featured alongside these silly and irreverent moments are poems that evoke tears, as in a verse about a pet yearning for a chance to be "the one" adopted from a shelter, and another about a beleaguered child persevering through an awful day because their dog awaits them at home. Ages 8-11. (June) - Copyright 2025

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