Perfectly Peculiar Pets: questions to ask and activities to try
Armadillos, quokkas, umbrella birds... Perfectly Peculiar Pets is a gigglishly silly collection of poems about unusual pets.
What age is it for? Perfectly Peculiar Pets is best for ages 4–8. Good for: Silly poems about very unusual pets.
Perfectly Peculiar Pets (Elli Woollard and Anja Boretzki)
- Age
- 4-8
- Best for
- Silly poems about very unusual pets
Read a poem or two and act out the animals. Then imagine the oddest pet you could keep.
What it helps with
- Rhythm and rhyme
- Unusual animals
- Reading aloud
- Humour
Comprehension and discussion questions
Pick two or three, not all of them. “I don’t know” is a fine answer, and you can always come back to it another day.
- “Which pet was the most peculiar?”
- “Which poem made you laugh?”
- “What do you know about quokkas?”
- “Which pet would you choose?”
- “What would it need?”
- “What rhymes with armadillo?”
5-minute activities to try together
Pet poem
Write a four-line poem about a peculiar pet.
Animal facts
Look up one real fact about each peculiar pet.
Free printables: Perfectly Peculiar Pets worksheet and activity pack
This book’s one-page worksheet with the questions and activities above, plus our activity pack: printable scenario cards, three 5-minute activities and a “What could I try?” page for practising everyday skills together. Enter your email and download them straight away.
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- Best for
- Real animals with very silly names
- Age
- 3-7
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- Best for
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- Age
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- Best for
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- Age
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By the Growing Wise team · Last reviewed: 10 October 2026
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