Just the Job Book Cover

What's the Book About?

Pete wants a job, but he can’t seem to find the right one. Can Pete’s friend Mopsy, a very bossy Griffin and the peculiar animals which follow him home help Pete to find the right job? Pete’s Peculiar Pet Shop series

Book Details

  • Band:
  • Scheme: Bug Club
  • Type: Fiction
  • Author: Sheila May Bird

Reviews from Our Readers

Anaya (Age 5)

Rating: 5 / 5

This book is about
Pete wanted to be a gardener but he wasn't good at it and he let the slugs eat the cabbages so the slugs followed him home. Other animals followed him home too. The octopus was in the bath, the giraffe was in the bedroom.

The main characters are
Pete,Mopsy, Giraffe, Griffin, Dinosaur, Monkey, snake, elephant

My favourite part of the book is
When the slugs and the animals followed Pete home

I would also like to say
It was funny

Michael (Age 6)

Rating: 5 / 5

This book is about
Once upon a time lived a man who had a peculiar pet shop.

The main characters are
The man, the pets.

My favourite part of the book is
When the pets were in the pet shop.

I would also like to say
This book is awesome!

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