Squeak's Guide to Caring for Your Pet Rats or Mice

by Isabel Thomas, Rick Peterson (Illustrator)

Overview

In this book, Squeak the Mouse reveals how readers should go about choosing pet rats or mice, what supplies they will need, how to make a new pet rat or mouse feel at home, and how to properly care for pet rats or mice, including feeding, exercising, and keeping cages clean. Text is accompanied by clear, labeled photographs to further reinforce key concepts, and the use of an animal narrator also allows the book to be used to teach perspective.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781484602713
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	07/01/2014
Series:	Pets' Guides Series
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.30(d)
Lexile:	NC630L (what's this?)
Age Range:	6 - 8 Years

About the Author

Rick Peterson uses both traditional and digital media to create images for a wide range of publishing, advertising and editorial projects - including a long list of children's titles. His work has received awards from Graphic Design USA and the Association of Educational Publishers. Rick lives in Minneapolis with his wife, two children, a cat, a gerbil, and a lovable but barky dog.

Table of Contents

Do you want pet rats or mice? — Choosing your rats or mice — Getting ready — Welcome home — How to pick us up — Playtime — Feeding time — Clean and healthy — Cleaning my home — Visiting the vet — No change, please! — Rat and mouse facts — Squeak's top tips.