A Pet for Mrs Arbuckle

Plump, jolly middle-aged Mrs Arbuckle advertises for a pet at the suggestion of the gingernut cat from down the street, and the eleven responses take her (and the cat) on a world tour to interview the prospective candidates. Mrs Arbuckle seems satisfied with each in turn but puss points out the shortcomings of an aardvark, a llama, a whale, and a butterfly to name a few, Finally, on her return home. Mrs A. realises that her ideal pet has been with her all along. The humorous water colour pictures have a delightfully freeflowing style and the longish text, which they subtly extend, reads aloud well I thoroughly enjoyed this one and at under £1 for a full-sized picture paperback it is excellent value.