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Capyboppy

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Capy's got feelings. He's a ham. He knows how to have fun. He loves the other members of the family. The cats think he's a giant mouse and he takes advantage. When he grows up the family is faced with a dilemma. It's a charming story and the illustrations are delightful. My 6 year old daughter laughs with every page no matter how many times we read it. A sure hit with any kid who loves animals.

I have been working professionally on capybaras since 1981 and this book is a beautiful portrait of what a capybara is like. The drawings, the details of the capybara's behavior are exactly what I would have expected a capybara would be as a pet. The story is also very nice, very well written and fun. Excellent book.

This book was my favorite as a child. Capyboppy is so cute and loveable what child wouldn't like him? Every time we went to the library, I'd beg my dad to check it out and read it to me. Even as an adult in my twenties, this book is just as entertaining as ever and I still think of myself as my dad's little capybarra. I'm so glad copies of it are still avaliable so I will finally be able to have my own copy and one day read it to my children.

I recomend this book for families and/or animal lovers. It is a true story and is good fun. Think of what living with the worlds largest kind of rodent would be like.

This book was about a capybeara that lived in the Peet family. It got into lots of adventures. I liked this book because it was about a rodent that was very cute.

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When we got our pet capybara, Caplin Rous, this book served as a valuable guide for how to take care of a pet capybara. In many ways Caplin is very much like Capyboppy and in other ways he is quite different. It was hilarious when Caplin did something where he looked like one of the wonderful illustrations of Capyboppy in this book. We got him an inner tube just so we could see him sit in it. Turns out he loves that inner tube but we keep it in his pool.

Capyboppy was one of the first books I read as a child and even now as an adult, there is a copy of it on my bookshelf.

This is the charming and true story of the Peet Family and their adventures with a capybara that comes to live with them. It is very funny in many parts and quite sad in others but I think Peet was being completely honest in the telling of this story.

It is a wonderful book for small children as it teaches a gentle lesson about wild animals and what can happen when we try to make pets of them.

Peet's illustrations are also outstanding.

I own the entire Bill Peet collection of children's book that he has written/illustrated. I started reading them to my son when he was 3 years old, and am thrilled to report that he loves them as much as I do. Capyboppy is based on Bill Peet's true life experience with this lovable rodent, and while his illustrations and storyline are wonderful, this is my least favorite book in the collection. It is a little heartbreaking at the end and I came away feeling quite sad. There are many funny antics and true compassion throughout the story, and it's is a natural progression of nature that's shown, so if you are able to handle a little "sadness", you will love this book. And if anything, the pictures are wonderful to look at.

I loved Bill Peet books as a child, and I still really like them today. I recently bought the whole set so that my children will have them, and realized that I remember every character and every plot from 20+ years ago when my parents read them to me. They really made an impact on me. The illustrations are cute and captivating, the characters are engaging, the stories and well told, and each book has a meaning. There are few authors who can create such a fine balance in childrens' books.

"Capyboppy" is told from the point of view of a parent whose nearly-grown animal-loving son wants a boa constrictor. They settle on a capybara, who arrives as a small creature, and then grows into quite a large rodent.

The illustrations have us rolling with laughter. Check out when Capyboppy pushes his nose against the sliding glass door! Check out the three lumps (cats) inside the boa constrictor! We laugh and laugh. This is fun for big kids and little kids; I know your family will enjoy it, too.

Told from the point of view of an indulgent and tolerant parent. There is some interpreting animal actions through the lens of human emotions, after Capy bites a neighborhood boy.