Bean Finds a Pet is a delightful story. Alison Palmer paints a wonderful world of humor mixed with adventure as Bean, a brownie who dreams of being a wizard, goes on a series of adventures with one simple goal. He wants to find a pet. As he’s seen, all wizards have pets to help with their magic. Bean, who isn’t very good at even brownie magic, just knows that if he finds a pet, he will be able to do magic. There is only one problem. Bean is only “six ears tall.” That leads him to have all sorts of trouble, to the benefit of the reader.

I read this to my kids and they loved it. Bean has a childlike attitude that allowed my kids to really relate to him as a character. They loved his adventures and how each attempt to find a pet ended with hilarious consequences. They were laughing the whole way through. Alison Palmer does an amazing job of creating a world that kids can really enjoy. As an added bonus, we loved the coloring pictures and being asked to draw our own magical pets. All in all, this is a thoroughly enjoyable book.