Pets with Funny Names Make Great Neighbors Thomas is a playful eight-year-old boy who loves to play sports and ride his bicycle around his neighborhood. One day, while out with his mother, he notices one of the neighbors walking her two cats on leashes. Thomas and his mother discover that her name is Mrs. Yelling and that her cats are very special cats. Accepting Mrs. Yelling's invitation to visit, Thomas and his father stop by her house one afternoon. After a chat, they all have cookies and then Mrs. Yelling has the cats put on a show for them-and WHAT a show they put on But there is...

Eight-year-old Thomas is shocked to discover that animals that are raised as pets in America are sometimes raised for food in other countries. With his parents, he learns more about different kinds of diets-but does that mean he has to change what he eats too? From the children's book series The Many Mini-Adventures of Thomas S. Brown. Other titles in the series: The Next-Door Neighbor Cats with the Funny Names and Mango Mango It Does Not Grow in Russia, but in Jamaica It Is Everywhere We Go