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Better Pets

By Leigh Bardugo
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Myrtle has a turtle, Sam has a lamb, and Tony has a pony. But Yvette and Evan don't have any pets... until the Better Pets emporium rolls into town featuring some spectacular possibilities! The Handbag Hyena laughs at all your jokes, you'll always be warm with... Read More
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Myrtle has a turtle, Sam has a lamb, and Tony has a pony. But Yvette and Evan don't have any pets... until the Better Pets emporium rolls into town featuring some spectacular possibilities!

The Handbag Hyena laughs at all your jokes, you'll always be warm with the Knittin' Kitten, and it will be impossible to have a bad day with the Chin-Up Chinchilla.

Which fabulous, fantastical pets will Yvette and Evan choose? The adoption fair next door may have a different kind of magic in store!

Bestsellers Leigh Bardugo and Liz Climo celebrate perfect pets everywhere in this rollicking tale.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781250899125

Publisher: St Martin's Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 July 2026

Country: United States

Imprint: St Martin's Press

Illustration: full-color illustrations throughout

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Liz Climo

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 254.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 40

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About the Author

Leigh Bardugo is the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Familiar, The Invisible Parade, and the Ninth House trilogy. She is also the creator of the Grishaverse (now a Netflix original series) which spans the Shadow and Bone trilogy, the Six of Crows duology, the King of Scars duology- and much more. Her short fiction has appeared in multiple anthologies, including The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy. She lives in Los Angeles and is an associate fellow of Pauli Murray College at Yale University. Liz Climo is a cartoonist, children's book author, illustrator, and animator. She grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and moved to Los Angeles after college to work as a character artist on The Simpsons. She is the author of the Rory the Dinosaur series, You're Loved, The Little World of Liz Climo, Lobster Is the Best Medicine, Please Don't Eat Me, and Best Bear Ever! Her books have been translated into ten languages and have sold millions of copies worldwide. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and daughter.

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