When someone steals the letter R, lots of funny-punny wordplay ensues.

When the letter R disappears, a little brown-skinned girl with Afro-puffs finds that her pet ferret, Doodles, has turned into pet feet! But on her mission to save Doodles, she encounters chaos - from kids on "go-cats" to a policeman on the back of a galloping "hose." The author cleverly avoids using the letter R until the girl and her pet find the source of the trouble: a ship full of pirates who have stolen all the Rs. The pirates return the pilfered Rs and "the R fiasco was resolved...but then, on the verge of sleep, the girl realizes that all the Zs are missing...

Lots of fun wordplay and a cute fe(rr)et! ( )

I enjoyed this book. It has a funny premise of what if the letter R just disappeared from the alphabet and the world. Go carts, become go cats, and pet ferrets become pet feet. This book was one of the March Madness books this year and my young daughter enjoyed it! It lent itself to good conversations about the letter r and what would happen. The idea that pirates take it is also silly and fun. There isn't a big message to take away, but as a funny, kind of "Wacky Wednesday" vibe, it is an enjoyable read with fun illustrations.

Yep. Nope. Too long. Too annoying.

It was funny, all of the "r's" missing from words. But personally, I found it too obnoxious. ( )