My Pet Feet

by Josh Funk, Billy Yong (Illustrator)

Overview

When the letter R suddenly vanishes, a whole town goes upside-down in this side-splitting picture book of alphabet chaos that’s Can I Be Your Dog? meets P Is for Pterodactyl.

A little girl wakes up one day to find that R, a vital piece of the alphabet, has vanished! Suddenly, she has pet feet instead of a ferret. Flocks of cows replace crows flying in the sky. Giant shoes (not shores!) live on the sandy beaches of her town.

What could have happened to the eighteenth letter of the alphabet? Did it get lost—or stolen? One way or another, the town needs to be saved!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781534486003
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Publication date:	08/23/2022
Pages:	48
Product dimensions:	9.60(w) x 11.60(h) x 0.60(d)
Lexile:	AD480L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Josh Funk is a software engineer and the author of books like the Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast series, It’s Not a Fairy Tale series, How to Code with Pearl and Pascal series, A Story of Patience and Fortitude series, Dear Dragon, Pirasaurs!, My Pet Feet, and more.

Billy Yong is an illustrator and character designer. Born and raised in sunny Singapore, he studied entertainment design at Concept Design Academy in Pasadena, California. He’s often found drawing or geeking out over furniture with his wife. He drinks way too much boba, even though he knows he shouldn’t.

Editorial Reviews

2022-05-11
What would a world without R’s look like?

When a brown-skinned child awakens, they greet their pet feet, Doodles, who’s in apparent distress. Wait. Pet feet? This is all wrong! Something is missing, but the young narrator cannot immediately identify what it is. A glance at the alphabet artwork on the bedroom wall reveals a telltale gap. Readers in the know will quickly identify the missing letter R; the stolen letter no longer exists in this world. The child decides to hunt down the missing letter but must dodge silly obstacles of R-less mayhem along the way. The child seeks the help of a friend, but without the R finds a fiend in his place. Flying cows (crows with bovine bodies) attack. Then Doodles runs away, or rather is leading the way to the R thieves! Featuring delicious wordplay, this tale hits all the right notes for early primary audiences; parents and educators will appreciate this engaging story’s many opportunities to build phonemic awareness and letter knowledge among early readers and writers. Depicting wide-eyed characters and busy scenes bursting with sight gags, the digital illustrations also provide many opportunities to explore the impact of an R-less world. (This book was reviewed digitally.)

Silly and playful alphabet fun. (Picture book. 4-8)

Kirkus Reviews