Jacob O'Reilly Wants a Pet – Lynne Rickards & Lee Wildish (Paperback Picture Book)

Embrace a boisterous, laugh-out-loud story about a child’s endless search for a furry friend with Jacob O’Reilly Wants a Pet! Wonderfully written in bouncing, rhyming verse by Lynne Rickards and beautifully paired with zany, full-bleed comic illustrations by Lee Wildish, this paperback is a total hit for bedtime reading.

The story follows a young boy named Jacob who is utterly desperate to convince his parents to let him adopt just one small animal. But his parents have an answer for everything; Dad is convinced dogs carry pesky fleas, and cats make Mom sneeze right away! Refusing to give up, Jacob’s imagination runs wild as he pleads for increasingly exotic, silly alternatives. He proposes a quiet iguana to clear bugs, an emu to share affectionate cuddles, and even a massive walrus that could move directly into the family bathtub! When his parents logically suggest he start his own local pet-sitting service instead, a chaotic, hilarious flood of wild neighbourhood critters overruns the house. A fantastic, screen-free tool for teaching toddlers about responsibility, traits, and the humour of family life.

Product Details:

• Title: Jacob O’Reilly Wants a Pet
• Author: Lynne Rickards
• Illustrator: Lee Wildish
• Publisher: Hodder Children’s Books
• Format: Large Square Paperback / Softcover
• Target Reading Age: 2 – 7 years old
• Highly entertaining read-aloud that helps build vocabulary, phonetic awareness, and early humour processing