Mary Has the Best Pet (School of Monsters #1) by Sally Rippin and Chris Kennett
You shouldn’t bring a pet to school.
But Mary’s pet is super cool!
You're not supposed to bring your pet to the School of Monsters if you haven't fed them yet. But Mary LOVES her little pet! Surely it will be OK to sneak him inside her hat just for the morning...
Welcome to the School of Monsters: the funniest, silliest and most accessible series for first readers!
Start by reading only the last word on every line and work your way up to reading the whole story. With tumbling rhymes and an infectious sense of humour, the weird and wonderful students at the School of Monsters are guaranteed to spark a love of reading!
This is the first book in the series, but the fourth one I've read. At the beginning there's a tiny bit of a set-up for the series, but each instalment works fine on its own.
This one is particularly silly, which kids will love - and the illustrations will help children understand the words they are reading. Each page, things get a little bit worse - until it's a disaster!
I love the little touches in the illustrations in this series. The spider hanging off the back of Mary's hat, for example.
Sally Rippin's series have an addictive quality to them, and I can see children wanting to read every one of these books.