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Rica Baptista Books

In order from Llamas, Iguanas, and My Very Best Friend to A Week of Shenanigans
Llamas, Iguanas, and My Very Best Friend
A Week of Shenanigans
Llamas, Iguanas, and My Very Best Friend
Llamas, Iguanas, and My Very Best Friend
A Week of Shenanigans
chapter • 128 Pages
Llamas, Iguanas, and My Very Best Friend
#1 in Series
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Llamas, Iguanas, and My Very Best Friend

Written by Janet Costa Bates & illustrated by Gladys Jose
6 - 9
Reading age
128
Page count
116
Words per page
Apr 30, 2024
Publication date
Paperback
$6.99
$6.74

Summary

Rica’s very best friend is moving away. How can she convince her parents to let her get a pet so she won’t be lonely? Friendship and family shine in this engaging young chapter book. Rica Baptista wants–no, needs–a pet. A llama, a kinkajou, or maybe an iguana? She even has a name picked out: Frederica, her own name, after her Cape Verdean great-great-grandfather. But Rica’s parents say no almost faster than their mouths can open. The worst part is that Rica can’t tell anyone the real reason she wants a pet, because she’s not supposed to know–she overheard that her best friend, Laini, is moving away, and Rica worries about being left behind. Rica and Laini make lists of the benefits of having a pet to convince Rica’s parents, and they try all sorts of schemes to raise money to afford one, from party planning to holding a yard sale to entering a poetry contest. But in the end, it might be an act of unselfish kindness and courage that shows that Rica is ready to take on the pet of her dreams. In a rich and amusing story that will appeal to fans of Judy Moody and Ivy and Bean, a sincere and creative protagonist navigates friend and family relationships from funny to frustrating, endearing to insightful.

Rica Baptista Series

Published from 2024 - 2024
2 books
chapter • 128 Pages
Llamas, Iguanas, and My Very Best Friend
Paperback
$6.99$6.74
chapter • 128 Pages
A Week of Shenanigans
#2 in Series
Hardcover
$16.99$15.97
Year#TitlePages
20241Llamas, Iguanas, and My Very Best Friend128
20242A Week of Shenanigans128

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