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"No Plain Pets" is one of Marc Ian Barasch's best children's books ever created. In this story, a young wild haired boy imagines having pets that are not considered normal to have, such as a camel, a huge lizard, and a flying fish. Marc Ian Barasch's poetic writing is silly as the boy imagines that his pets could do surreal things such as, having his bullfrog jump through a ring of fire. Henrik Drescher's illustrations are at their best here as he makes each character look surreal, such as the young boy being dressed in purple overalls with wild hair. The image that probably stood out the most for me was the image of the boy imagining owning a huge lizard and the boy is seen inside the mouth of the lizard lying on its tongue like he was relaxing on a beach or somewhere. "No Plain Pets" is certainly a book that both children and adults would enjoy for many years.(less)