Anna's Pet

by Margaret Atwood, Joyce Barkhouse, Ann Blades (Illustrator)

Overview

While visiting her grandparents' farm, city girl Anna decides she wants a pet. A cow? A snake? Anna realizes that these creatures won't be happy in the city, and she doesn't want a pet unless it's happy. Grandma and Grandpa have just the right thing for Anna.
Short chapters and easy-to-read text make this story perfect for beginning readers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781552779651
Publisher:	James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
Publication date:	09/26/2011
Series:	Kids of Canada
Sold by:	De Marque
Format:	eBook
Pages:	1
File size:	4 MB
Age Range:	3 - 8 Years

About the Author

MARGARET ATWOOD, poet, novelist, critic and winner of the Governor-General's Award, published her first children's story, Up in the Tree, in 1978.
JOYCE BARKHOUSE is the author of many short stories and books for children, including Anna's Pet (written with Margaret Atwood), which was made into a puppet play and toured internationally, and The Witch of Port Lajoie, which has been translated in four languages. She received the Order of Nova Scotia and was made a Member of the Order of Canada for her children's books and work in literacy.

ANN BLADES, internationally-known Canadian children\s author and illustrator won the Canadian Association of Children's Librarians Book of the Year Award in 1972 for Mary of Mile 18. In 1978 she was the winner of the Canada Council Award for Children''s Literature for A Salmon for Simon.

Hometown:

Toronto, Ontario

Date of Birth:

November 18, 1939

Place of Birth:

Ottawa, Ontario

Education:

B.A., University of Toronto, 1961; M.A. Radcliffe, 1962; Ph.D., Harvard University, 1967

Website:

http://www.owtoad.com