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A Promise Is a Promise by Florence Parry Heide; Tony Auth is a children's book available to read on EtoBox.

What is A Promise Is a Promise about?

<p><p><b>for All Parents Who Have Made A Promise &#8212; And Every Kid Who Has Held Them To It &#8212; Comes A Cautionary Tale From A Masterfully Witty Pair.</b><p>george Is A Very Lucky Boy. He Has Everything A Boy Could Want, Except For One Thing&#58; He Doesn&#8217;t Have A Pet. When George&#8217;s Father Finally Sighs, &quot;all Right, You May Have A Pet,&quot; George Goes Out To Look For One &#8212; But How Is He To Know That It Can&#8217;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.</p><h3>publishers Weekly</h3><p><p>this Story, Which Amounts To An Overextended Setup For A Gotcha Punch Line, Stars A Boy Named George Who Persuades His Parents That He Needs A Pet (i'm The Only Kid In Town Who Doesn't Have A Pet. I'm Probably The Only Kid In The Whole <i>world </i>who Doesn't Have A Pet). George's Parents Summarily Reject His First Round Of Candidates: A Dog Is Too High-maintenance, A Mouse Is Too Fecund ( 'nothing That Scampers,' Said George's Mother. 'and Nothing That Multiplies

Who reads A Promise Is a Promise?

Author

Florence Parry Heide; Tony Auth

Publisher

Cambridge, Mass.: Candlewick Press

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780763622855

Category

children's

Subjects

Children'S, Fiction, Juvenile

Rating

3.16 / 5 (19 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14