A Promise Is a Promise

By Florence Parry Heide

For all parents who have made a promise -- and every kid who has held them to it -- comes a cautionary tale from a masterfully witty pair. George is a very lucky boy. He has everything a boy could want, except for one thing: he doesn't have a pet. When George's father finally sighs, "All right, you may have a pet," George goes out to look for one -- but how is he to know that it can't be too big, or too scampery, or too toothy, or too . . . unusual? A revered author and a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist keep their tongues in their cheeks as they spin a wry tale of promises and pets, befuddled parents and a triumphant child.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763622850
• ISBN13: 9780763622855
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 5.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 5 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 4