This clever, fun story would be five stars except for the mistake of the publisher: two pages have the same picture, an obvious mistake. That aside, this imaginative, well-paced story is about what happens when pet peeves get out of hand. This one in particular is big, green, and growing. Yes, he's Ophelia's pet. Adults will enjoy the play on words, kids will enjoy the monster-sized pet and the color pencil sketches which call to mind Charlie Brown drawings.

John Arguello lives in Oak Park, IL.