Overview
When Peter takes the class hamster out of his cage, the hamster escapes. Peter and his friends search the classroom, but every time they come close, Mikey the hamster runs away again! How will Peter and his friends ever get Mikey back into his cage?
The class hamster gets loose and it's up to Peter, Amy, and Archie to find him and lure him back into his cage.
Synopsis
Ezra Jack Keats's classic picture books about Peter and his friends have delighted children for more than thirty years. Now Viking is pleased to introduce Peter's Neighborhood, original stories designed specifically for beginning readers featuring Peter, Archie, Amy, and other favorite characters.
It's Peter's turn to take care of the class hamster in Hamster Chase. But when the hamster accidentally gets loose, Peter, Archie, and Amy must do some quick thinking to find him.
School Library Journal
Gr 1-2-Peter, Archie, and Amy, the beloved characters from Ezra Jack Keats's picture books, are back in a beginning-reader adventure. Mikey, the classroom hamster, escapes while being put into his cage and takes off through the nooks and crannies of the classroom. Peter and Archie eventually get the idea of making a trail of food from the coat closet where the animal is hiding back to his cage. Unfortunately, all of the problem solving that results in the hamster's recovery is provided by the two boys. Full-page color illustrations with cut-paper details effectively portray the three African-American children and their school surroundings. A pleasant addition to easy-reader shelves.-Lisa Smith, Lindenhurst Memorial Library, NY Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.