Every Child Can be a Reading Star What kind of animal makes a good pet? A child considers typical, and not so typical animals for their new friend. A Good Pet is part of the Reading Stars series. Reading Star books are for kids at the very beginning of a lifetime love of reading. Each book features less than 50 words and uses repetition to build confidence. A Good Pet is 28 pages long and features 44 different words for your child to master. The words are: a, an, are, bunnies, bunny, calm, cat, cats, crazy, dog, dogs, friendly, get, giraffe, giraffes, good, I, is, mice, mouse, not, octopus, octopuses, panda, pandas, pet, pig, pigs, playful, should, sleepy, slippery, small, snake, snakes, soft, squirrel, squirrels, stinky, tall, too, want, what, will