Book-A-Day 24

It is a regular day for Tom Elson.  He comes upon a man with a crate.  In the crate, Tom sees an odd-looking creature.  It appears to have a monkey face, weasel body, fox tail, lion paws, and owl beak.  Tom discovers the animal is called a farivox.  The farivox can talk, too!  Tom has to have the creature.  The man tells Tom it will cost him $10.00.  Tom frantically runs home to get the money.  As he begins running, he hears the farivox say, "Hurry!"  Upon his return with the money, Tom notices the man and the farivox are gone.  Will he ever seen it again?  Hurry!, illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully and adapted from Farewell to Farivox by Harry Hartwick, is a great tie in to discussions of rare and extinct animals.  A good read after a day at the zoo!  #BookADay24