Mary Has the Best Pet

In this hilarious story from the best-selling first-reader series, Mary learns what happens when you bring a hungry pet to class!

You shouldn't bring a pet to school.
But Mary's pet is super cool!

You're not supposed to bring your pet to the School of Monsters if you haven't fed them yet. But Mary LOVES her little pet! Surely it will be OK to sneak him inside her hat just for the morning?

Welcome to the School of Monsters: the funniest, silliest and most accessible series for first readers, by Australian Children's Laureate Sally Rippin! Start by reading only the last word on every line and work your way up to reading the whole story. With tumbling rhymes and an infectious sense of humour, the weird and wonderful students at the School of Monsters are guaranteed to spark a love of reading!
 

• DR SEUSS MEETS SESAME STREET: The perfect series to engage and encourage emerging readers, with bouncing rhymes, simple vocabulary and a colourful cast of characters.
• BESTSELLING AND BELOVED DECODABLE SERIES: With over a million books in print and a dozen languages in translation, School of Monsters has fans all over the world and plenty of titles in the series for hungry new readers! 
• STAR AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR DUO: Australian Children's Laureate Sally Rippin and much-loved illustrator Chris Kennett have created an enticing monsters' universe together.
• BONUS CONTENT: Every book features a decodable word game based on the story, a guide to fostering early literacy, and a how-to-draw spread for the main character!

Readers will love other books in the School of Monsters series:

• Mary Has the Best Pet
• Hairy Sam Loves Bread and Jam
• Pete's Big Feet
• Tish Learns to Swim
• Zorro's Tasty Treat
• Milly's Family Fun
• and many more!