My Pet Human

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My Pet Human
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AuthorYasmine Surovec
IllustratorYasmine Surovec
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Genre Children's book
Published2015 (Roaring Brook Press)
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages106
ISBN 9781626720732
OCLC 896791555

My Pet Human is a 2015 children's book written and illustrated by Yasmine Surovec. It concerns a black and white stray cat that likes his independence but is eventually persuaded through the regular provision of food and comfort that having a little girl and her family to look after him may not be such a bad thing.

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Reception

Publishers Weekly , in a review of My Pet Human, wrote "Opinionated and independent, Oliver has plenty of personality, and Surovec’s simplified cartoons successfully evoke the joys of pet ownership (even when the human is the pet).", [1] and Booklist wrote "Cat-loving kids, particularly emerging readers, will get a kick out of the feline narrator, as well as the heartening story of friendship." [2]

My Pet Human has also been reviewed by Kirkus Reviews , [3] School Library Journal , [4] Horn Book Guides , [5] School Library Connection, [6] and The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books . [7]

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References

  1. "My Pet Human". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. June 15, 2015. Retrieved November 14, 2021.
  2. Sarah Hunter. "My Pet Human". Booklist. American Library Association. Retrieved November 14, 2021.
  3. "My Pet Human". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media LLC. May 1, 2015. Retrieved November 14, 2021. This series opener is a must for young humans owned by furry masters.
  4. Amy M. Laughlin (2015). "My Pet Human". School Library Journal. Media Source Inc. Retrieved November 14, 2021. A sweet story for animal lovers and emergent readers, too.
  5. "My Pet Human". Horn Book Guides. Media Source Inc. Retrieved November 14, 2021.
  6. Jianna Taylor. "My Pet Human". School Library Connection. Libraries Unlimited. Retrieved November 14, 2021. Younger readers will enjoy the amusing pictures and more obvious jokes, while older readers will laugh at Oliver's more subtle jokes and sarcasm.
  7. Kate Quealy-Gainer (October 2015). "SUROVEC, YASMINE My Pet Human". The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. Johns Hopkins University Press. 59 (2): 116. Retrieved November 14, 2021. This is an easy and obvious sell to fans of felines, and the cat's narration is particularly entertaining, .. There's a graphic simplicity to the black and white illustrations, ..