Hieronymus Betts and His Unusual Pets - M.P. Robertson

Advantages: Exactly what our little mosters are looking for
Disadvantages: Not great to read on a ful stomach

...What is it about ****************** Hieronymus Betts has the most unusual, gruesome, collection of pets ever seen. With a Sabre-toothed Rhino Toad, a slimy Slugapotamus, a Bog Hog named Stinker and even the rarely seen whatchamacallit amongst the collection, it will take some doing to find anything horrific enough to top them. But Hieronymous thinks he may just have found a beast even more fierce, even more, stinky, even more noisy and even more ...
...What did we think of the story ********************************** Hidden underneath the disgustingness a child loves is a sweet, tender book about siblings. Hieronymous, appears as an affectionate if not somewhat annoyed older brother who deep down wouldn’t change his little pesky brother despite his many, many faults for anything in the world. . t is sometimes easy to get lost in the name calling, mud slinging, pushing and shoving between siblings. ... Read review