Brave Tim agrees to look after Rosa's pets. He isn't afraid of vultures or wolfhounds, or even giant rabbits. But he isn't so sure about the gorilla, gargling in the kitchen! A comic story with a familiar setting, from Margaret Mahy.

* Ruby/Band 14 books give increasing opportunities for children to develop their skills of inference and deduction.

* Text type - Story with a familiar setting.

* The reader response page consists of a story map to encourage children to retell the story in their own words.

* Curriculum links - Citizenship: Animals and us; Music: Animal magic, exploring descriptive sounds.