Petropolis
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Picture Book · Ages 4–7 · 2003

Petropolis

Written by Suzanne Santoro Whayne and Susanne Santoro Whayne · Illustrated by Christopher Santoro

A pet door leads to a bustling city of animals. How will they return home?

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A pet discovers a vibrant city of animals through a new pet door. Cats, dogs, and more run the bustling metropolis, but when it's time to return, a dilemma arises: how to get back home? Explore this whimsical world where pets live like humans, and uncover the mystery of returning to the familiar backyard. Will the pet find the way back, or is this new world their true home?

From the publisher

When your pets are home alone, are you sure they’re really there? Really?Put yourself in the position of a beloved pet whose family has just installed a new pet door to the backyard. But instead of the backyard, there’s a teeming city populated entirely by pets. The stores, restaurants, and theaters, the public transportation, the museums, parks, and municipal services are run by a huge assortment of well-dressed cats, dogs, rabbits, mice, hamsters, guinea pigs, ferrets, turtles, fish, and parrots. It is wonderful, but all too soon, it is time to go home. There is one very large problem – how do you get there?In myriad, strikingly detailed and richly hued illustrations, sister-and-brother team Susanne Santoro Whayne and Christopher Santoro present a highly original, good- humored parallel universe for all young readers to visit, explore, enjoy, and then revisit.

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Format
Hardcover
Pages
40
Reading age
4–7
Audience
Picture
Themes & topics
Books about dogsBooks about petsBooks about lifestylesBooks about city life and urban livingBooks about city and town life
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Publication
Published
October 7, 2004
First published
October 1, 2003
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781593540012

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