Tight times

"A little boy wants a pet at a time when his family is having financial trouble. Visit a pet show to meet real and imaginary pets, and learn some games that do not involve expense. Includes related book reviews."
"Presents a reading of the book Tight times, written by Barbara Shook Hazen. Host LeVar Burton also shows how children can have a good time without expense by visiting a pet show and discovering all kinds of unusual pets, including pet rocks."@en
"Presents a reading of the book Tight times, written by Barbara Shook Hazen. Host LeVar Burton also shows how children can have a good time without expense, such as by visiting their public library."@en
"LeVar shows how children can have a good time without expense, such as by visiting their public library, then he listens to the story Tight times : A small boy, not allowed to have a dog because times are tight, finds a starving kitten in a trash can on the same day his father loses his job."@en
"Presents a reading of the book Tight times. Host LeVar Burton takes viewers to a pet show where they meet pets both real and imagined and talks with his friend Hillary to think up games that can be played around the house. LeVar and his friends sing and dance in a library to the song "Check it out.""@en
"LeVar Burton visits a pet show and discusses ingenuity and imagination as an alternative to troubled times."
"A youngster isn't sure why a thing called "tight times" means not getting a dog."@en