Preposterous pets
By: compiled by Laura Cecil ; illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark.
Contributors: Cecil, Laura.; Chichester Clark, Emma, ill.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 75
Subjects: Animals -- Literary collections.; Children's literature.; Animals -- Literary collections.; Humorous stories.; Humorous poetry.; Poetry -- Collections.
Notes: "First published in Great Britain in 1994 by Hamish Hamilton"--T.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: My brother Bert / T. Hughes; title: Mr. Smith's hat / D. Bisset; title: The tale of Custard the dragon / O. Nash; title: The story of Horace / A.M. Coats; title: It makes a change / M. Peake; title: The flea / retold by L. Cecil; title: The old Gumbie Cat / T.S. Eliot; title: Emily's own elephant / P. Pearce; title: The multilingual mynah bird / J. Prelutsky; title: Out of the oven / J. Mark; title: The yak / H. Belloc; title: Miss Hegarty and the beastie / J. McNeill; title: If pigs could fly / J. Reeves.