"Precious Ramotswe has two new friends at school and they have the funniest and most resourceful pet you can imagine. But they are upset that their family's most valuable possession, their cow, has gone missing. Precious has a plan to find the missing animal but she needs the help of another in her search. Will she succeed and what obstacles will she face on her path?"--Http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk.

"An Anchor Books original"--Title page verso. "Originally published in Great Britain as Precious and the mystery of Meerkat Hill by Polygon, an imprint of Birlinn Ltd., Edinburgh, in 2012"--Title page verso. Includes reader's guide.