Pub Date: October 4, 2011
Dewey: E
LCCN: 2010034326
Lexile Code: 0170
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 03 to 05
Physical Info: 0.40" H x 9.25" L x 6.75" W ( 0.65 lbs) 64 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Holidays and Celebrations | General see also Religious Christian | Social Themes | Friendship | Animals | Pigs | Elephants | Readers | Beginner | Concepts | General | Humorous Stories
Series: Elephant and Piggie Book
Description: Piggie celebrates her favorite day of the year, but Gerald the elephant is sad, thinking that he cannot join the fun.
Review Quotes: WILLEMS, Mo. Happy Pig Day! illus. by author. 60p. (An Elephant & Piggie Book). Hyperion. 2011. Tr $8.99. ISBN 978-1-4231-4342-0. LC 2010034326. PreS-Gr 3 Beginning readers will delight in this funny tale. Gerald and Piggie are celebrating "The day of the pig" with pig songs, pig dances, pig food, pig games, and friends wishing one another "oinky, oink oink," which is "pig for Happy Pig Day!" Gerald the elephant seems genuinely interested in this celebration until Piggie's friends start speaking "pig" and he feels left out. The animated characters convey emotion and humor; masterful use of white space and comic-style text bubbles will inspire repeated readings. Another hit for Willems. Melissa Smith, Royal Oak Public Library, MI SLJ"