Marvin, James’ beetle friend, goes collecting (finding useful things for their cupboard home) when he must get his human friend to help his injured uncle. Even though Marvin is a beetle, his emotions are as human as James’ in this well paced, generously illustrated and thoroughly engaging novel.
When the boy’s puppy wants its own pet, the dog chooses a cat; the cat gets a bird and so on until the boy’s mother has had enough! Can the child find a solution to allow all of the pets’ pets to stay? Humor abounds in the funny, cartoonish illustrations and understated but over-the-top tale.