Editorial Review

An affectionate, sometimes bashful pig named Wilbur befriends a spider named Charlotte, who lives in the rafters above his pen. A prancing, playful bloke, Wilbur is devastated when he learns of the destiny that befalls all those of porcine persuasion. Determined to save her friend, Charlotte spins a web that reads "Some Pig," convincing the farmer and surrounding community that Wilbur is no ordinary animal and should be saved. In this story of friendship, hardship, and the passing on into time, E.B. White reminds us to open our eyes to the wonder and miracle often found in the simplest of things. ... Read more

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A fine work of literature that can stand alongside any in English
I just reread it recently as an adult. I had this boxed set of three hardcover E.B. White books when I was a kid - Charlotte's Web, The Trumpet of the Swan (which I remember as my favorite of the three, though I hardly remember it today), and Stuart Little.
Charlotte's Web
I've purchased this book for my daughter who is almost 9 years old, I end up reading it before her.This book is great for growing up kids; how wonderful and variable it is to have a friend he/she can depend on and be with to share fun, sad and so so stories to one another.
A classic, and for a good reason
This book, though it may seem to be just a cute story about a pig, is actually quite sad.The first time I read this book I was in first grade and I liked it, but it was only when I just recently read it again that I realized how good it really is. This book, through its simple plot, reminded me a lot about how selfless some people are and also about growing up.No wonder it's a classic; even though it's written for little kids, it can remind a lot of people about their own lives and bring back a lot of fond memories. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Farm Animals    2. Animals - General    3. Children's 9-12 - Literature - Classics / Contemporary    4. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    5. Children: Grades 4-6    6. Classics    7. Fiction    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Lifestyles - Farm Life & Ranch Life    10. Pigs    11. Social Issues - Friendship    12. Spiders    13. Juvenile Fiction / Classics   

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GREAT TWIST TO AN OLD FAVORITE
The story of the Three Little Pigs has been around for years and years and few children, nor adults, for that matter do not know of it.Here we have the roles of the "bad guy" completely reversed.The kids love this one and think it is truely funny.I did like the fact that the wolves did not receive the bad press that they normally receive in such tales and I did like the fact that even though the Big Bad Pig was truely bad in the beginning, he did indeed have redeeming features.The illustrations were great and the text followed the illustrations perfectly.This is a fun book to read to the class.I highly recommend this one.

Brilliant story, distracting pop-ups
The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig has been a favorite story in our household for many years.We love it!I can't recommend this story enough!!!!The big bad pig is a tyrant and the wolves are such ingenious engineers, it makes the Big Bad Pig look even more formidable with his sledgehammer and dynamite. I recently purchased the pop-up version for a friend, but can honestly say I enjoyed reading the ordinary book more than the pop-up version.The pop-ups were very distracting and I think it takes away the energy from the story and the reader becomes disengaged, trying to fiddle with all the contraptions.I vote for the good old-fashioned book version any time!!

Big Bad Pig is Good
When I told my son that I bought a book called "The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig" he just laughed at me and corrected me.When we got it, he couldn't get enough of the book.I think he has it memorized now! :) Very cute ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 2-3    4. Folklore    5. Folklore & Mythology    6. Preschool Folk Tales    7. Fairy tales, folk tales, fables, magical tales & traditional stories    8. Juvenile Fiction / Fairy Tales & Folklore / Single Title   

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Belly Laughs for Preschoolers
Experiencing The Pig in the Pond with preschoolers is a delight. Three to Five year olds will be fully engaged by the rich illustrations and simple text--words full of meaning to young children. My preschool class waited with anxious anticipation to see what that very hot pig would do AND what would happen when Nelligan came home. The end is silly and satisfying and just what the children were waiting for. This has become a much loved favorite in our classroom.

Delightful, Great laughability!
The Pig in the Pond was an instant hit with our son.Having seen the play "Charlotte's Web", he has grown sympathetic to the plight of pigs, and since they are very smart, any book about pigs is a worthy read. Neligan's farm is turned topsy- turvey when his pig chooses to do what a pig wouln't normally do, swim instead of wallow!Wallowing isn't mentioned in the story, but the shallow pond implies that plenty of wallowing could happen if he was not in the mood to swim, if he stirs up the water enough.Instead, Neligan's entire entourage of farm animals follows Neligan as he follows his pig into the cool refreshing water- Some smart pig.The illustrations are humorous and loveable, the animals and Neligan are all portrayed with wonderful expression. Five stars for the many times I am asked to read this book.

Quack, Honk, Oink... SPLASH!
Neligan's pig doesn't swim... or does she? Find out in this delightful tale of a pig on a hot summer's day. The illustrations carry this simple story and the pig's discomfort is so genuine, I can't help but long for a paddle in a cool pool myself. It is also entertaining to see the outraged pond dwellers and their barnyard gossip chain portrayed... and the ending in which the tattle-tales join in the fun.Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Farm Animals    2. Animals - Pigs    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children: Preschool    5. Domestic animals    6. Fiction    7. Humorous Stories    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Pigs    10. Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Pigs   

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The first book I ever read...
This was the first full book I ever read at nursery school, aged three, and I have never forgotten it after 28 years! I'd recommend it to anyone with a keen young reader in the family - it will really appeal to an activeimagination. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Pigs    2. Bedtime    3. Children's 4-8    4. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    5. Children: Preschool    6. Domestic animals    7. Fiction    8. Pigs   

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Everyone Hide!!
My daughter simply loves this book. She loves Wibbly and all the other characters, especially Big Pig, who for some reason she always smacks. I never get tired of reading it to her and she never gets tired of having it read to her, she loves it.

Loves lift the flaps!
My daughter loves this book because of the lift the flaps!She absolutely loves all lift the flap books.

Great fun for mother and child, just simply fantastic!
My kids, twins aged 18 months, scream "Wibbly Pig" everytime I try to sneak the book into the room. Their little faces light up. Indeed, "Wibbly Pig" was the among the first words spoken by both ofthem. Simply a marvelous treat for me and them, every time. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Pigs    2. Children's Books/Baby-Preschool    3. Children: Preschool    4. Fiction    5. Hide-and-seek    6. Pigs    7. Specimens    8. Sports & Recreation - Games - General    9. Toy and movable books    10. Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Farm Animals   

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Tales of Brave uPiggysees
Homer's got nothing on these seafaring swine, and I say that with all affection.David McPhail tells a tale of mythic proportion in another one of his popular pig books.Creative rhymes, chaotic scenes, and bright, imaginative illustrations make this one wild and rebellious adventure.Here, a young yuppie-type leaves for an ocean excursion, his blonde hair slicked back, and a tropical shirt covering his pale skin. He holds two suitcases, one of which has a "ROAM" travel decal.
Great fun to read and look at
When you're a parent and you read 3 or 4 books before bedtime, finding books which are fun to read is a priority (especially when you read the same book over and over again.)This is one that my son and I bothenjoy--about a man who goes on a cruise and finds that he's sharing hiscabin with a group of mischievous and misbehaving pigs.Though they get ineveryone's way, he comes to love them.Great fun to read (it's written inverse) and fun illustrations as well.

funny book!
My 4 year old daughter loves this book and wants me to read it over and over.Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore is also another favorite ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8    2. Children: Kindergarten    3. Cruise ships    4. Fiction    5. General    6. Pigs    7. Stories in rhyme    8. Voyages and travels   

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Alexandra D Pima Student Tucson
I read this book to a group of kindergarten students. Right now they are learning about money just coins they know penny,dime and nickel. Some of the students were able to point out the coins and do some of the adding with the pig family. But majority of them just enjoyed the pictures and the storyline. They were unable to follow the hidden math problem. But overall it is a fun story to read with the students.

Pigs will be Pigs
A very creative way to teach money concepts.I liked the way the book reviews the way to make change.I read this to a group of 3rd graders.I don't know that they found the book entertaining, but it did help them review money.I think 2nd graders would probably enjoy the story more, but may not understand all of the math concepts as well as the third graders.
Pigs will be Pigs Review
I read this book to children in first grade and they LOVED IT!!The children thought that this book was so hilarious.The book did such a great job incorporating money and counting into it.The illustrations were awesome as well, the pictures kept the children's attention while I was reading the book.I kept a tally of how much the pigs found and where they found the money.The children loved helping me keep track and they all participated in naming all the different locations of where the pig family kept the money.I do recommend this book for a circle or group reading, the children will love it!!
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Subjects:  1. Animals - Pigs    2. Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children: Grades 1-2    5. Fiction    6. Finance, Personal    7. Humorous Stories    8. Money    9. Personal finance    10. Pigs    11. Preschool Mathematics Skills    12. Science & Technology - Mathematics    13. Juvenile Fiction / Concepts / Counting    14. Numbers & counting   

Editorial Review

Babe is a sensitive soul, deeply loyal to those who are kind to him. So when he is taken in by Farmer Hogget's sheepdog, Fly, it's only natural that he would want to follow in his foster mum's paw-steps. Even with Babe's considerable handicaps as a sheepdog--namely, that he's a pig--he manages to overcome all with his earnestly polite and soft-spoken ways, proving once again that might doesn't always make right. After saving the sheep from rustlers and wild dogs, Babe convinces Hogget that his idea of becoming a sheep-pig "b'aint so stupid" as it might look. But neither Hogget nor Babe, nor anyone else, could have predicted what follows.Read more

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Kristen's review
In this book, a pig was a prize to be won at a fair in sheep country.Mr. Hogget played the game for the pig. Mr. Hogget told his wife that he played the game for the pig.Mrs. Hogget said I'd like a pig. We can feed him scraps and eat him for Christmas dinner.Fly was training her four puppies when she saw the pig that Mr. Hogget won named Babe.Babe was adopted by Fly and soon learned to herd ducks, chickens, and other farm animals.He really wanted to meet the flock of sheep so he could be like Fly.Will he ever become a useful farm animal instead of a Christmas dinner?Babe saved the flock and convinced them that they would never eat him.Hogget was training Babe for the Grand Challenge Sheep Dog Trials.Mr.Hogget said to his wife see the telly and took off with Babe and Fly..... I reckoned this book for all ages, because it is a cute little book.
Maggie's Pig Review
Mr. Hogget, a sheep rancher, won a pig named Babe at the fair, very much like the one I went to in Sheridan, WY!When Babe came to the ranch, he was a very little pig, so Fly, the sheep dog, decided to mother him along with her five puppies.Babe was soon calling Fly, Mum.Babe also became friends Maaa, an old ewe who at the time needed to be taken care of separately.Maaa was always complaining on how sheepdog treated sheep.Babe asked, "Mum, will you train me to be a sheep-pig?"She said, "Yes."So, Fly started to train him how to be a sheep-pig on ducks, and soon he was fairly good.One day, when Maaa was back in the pasture with the flock and Fly and Farmer Hogget were at market, he decided to go meet the flock.It was chaos!There were sheep rustlers there!Babe ceased them from stealing all the sheep.From then, on Farmer Hogget let Babe come with him and Fly to check the sheep.The first time he came with them Farmer Hogget tried to get him to work the sheep.He did it perfectly!From then on he did most of the sheep work.One day, he decided to go visit the sheep.Again it was chaos!This time it wasn't rustlers, but worriers!They had Maaa down!Before they could kill her, Babe chased them away.Maaa died soon after.Farmer Hogget was readying babe for the sheep dog trials!Will he win?I recommend Babe the Gallant Pig, because it's very outstanding, exciting, and suspenseful!

Richard's Piggy Review

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Subjects:  1. Animals - Farm Animals    2. Animals - Pigs    3. Children's 9-12    4. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    5. Children: Grades 4-6    6. Domestic animals    7. Fiction    8. Great Britain    9. Pigs    10. Sheep herding    11. Sheepherding    12. Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Pigs   

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All pigs ARE beautiful!
I must admit -- I love pigs. This book is great at showing how and why pigs are so great. Here's to more pig appreciation!

A great book - educational and entertaining!
What a great teaching tool for any educator!Dick King-Smith does a wonderful job of combining facts about pigs with their "personality", wrapping it all into one enjoyable readingexperience.I can't wait to share it with the students at our school. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Anecdotes    2. Children's 4-8    3. Children: Preschool    4. General    5. Juvenile literature    6. King-Smith, Dick    7. Pigs    8. Preschool Informational Books    9. Swine    10. Non-Classifiable   

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A Sweet and Fun Book with Good Lessons for Kids
This book is one of my daughter's favorites--we've had this one since she was two (she's four now), and it gets read at least a couple of times a week.Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Pigs    2. Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks    3. Children: Grades 3-4    4. Fiction    5. General    6. Hats    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Pigs   

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8    2. Children: Grades 1-2    3. Family life    4. Fiction    5. General    6. Musicians    7. Pigs    8. Preschool Picture Story Books   

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Great Story, Great Illustrations.
This book is first-rate in entertaining children 3-8. Children will enjoyfollowing the story of Bert & Ethel, who raise some very intelligentpigs and decide it's time to sell them at the market in the morning. Thepigs overhear this, and the trouble--or the fun--begins. The smart pigsescape, using clever disguises borrowed from local townspeople, and aremissing untill the end of the story. Rates five OINKS!Delightful!
Get ready to be taken for a hilarious ride by a passel of precocious pigs!Farmers Bert and Ethel decide to take a break from growing turnips to try their hand at pigs. It's time to load up their lard and take them to market, but these savvy swine have other ideas. Our feckless farmers are unaware that their cargo has disappeared until it's too late, but you won't be if you pay attention to the pictures. Christelow combines unassuming text with not-so-unassuming illustrations in this porcine plot that is sure to tickle your spareribs and convince you that these pigs are smarter than your average root vegetable. Recommended reading for preschoolers on up, The Great Pig Escape is sure to make you chuckle if not bust your chops laughing. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Pigs    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 1-2    4. Fiction    5. Pigs    6. Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Pigs    7. Picture books   

Editorial Review

"I have been waiting my whole life to go to school," declares anexuberant Amanda Pig as she prepares for her first day of school. And what a day it turns out to be! Up before the sun, Amanda can barely contain her excitement as she puts on her new purple dress, eats breakfast, and kisses her mom and dad good-bye. Once on board the school bus, she eagerly plops down in an empty seat for her first adventure of the day--befriending a frightened little girl who won't tell anyone her name. Blessed with a warm heart and a generous temperament, Amanda Pig is just about the best new friend any shy kid could have. In this warm, charmingly illustrated tale of the joys and challenges of a first day at school, Amanda gives her new pal a nickname--Lollypop--and then gently assures her, "School is fun. You will like it. You'll see."Read more

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Great to read to your preschoolers
My 2- and 4- year-olds really liked this book. They both seemed captivated by the bright, interesting pictures and the interesting stories. I especially like the fact that Amanda was interested and excited about attending school, that her brother helped her out on the first day of class, and that she (Amanda) tried to alleviate the anxiety of one of her classmates. Overall, the book teaches great morals.

Surprised This Isn't In Print - a review of "Amanda Pig, Schoolgirl"
I am really surprised that this book is out of print.It's a cute little book about the first days of school and the adventures of Amanda Pig, a little girl who has been waiting and waiting until she is old enough to ride on the bus and go to school like her brother Oliver.
A Great Choice to Help Get Ready for School
We gave this book to our daughter just before she started kindergarten. It was perfect.The experiences that Amanda had with riding the bus and making friends helped her get ready for her own new adventures.Thelighthearted easy-to-read pages made reading the book fun for her and thechapter book format was a terrific introduction to this style of reading. She read the book over and over and over again, giving her lots of practicebefore school even began.We love Amanda Pig! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8 - Fiction - General    2. Children: Grades 1-2    3. Fiction    4. First day of school    5. Pigs    6. Readers - Beginner    7. School stories    8. Schools    9. Juvenile Fiction / General   

Editorial Review

Sulking at the realization that they have no money to buy "jeans andsneakers with fancy brand names, / And TVs and CDs and video games," a family ofpigs thinks Christmas is doomed. But when an angel pig appears, hovering abovethe blue chair, shoelace untied, she has some wisdom to offer that may just turnthe holiday around for the materialistic swine.Read more

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Good Book for Kids!
The book teaches you that you work with the stuff you have during Christmas time, and it's not the amount of money you have that is important, but the spirit behind the gift giving. In Hmong culture, a boiled egg is a major gift, meaning new spiritual life for the New Year.We could all learn a valuable lesson from the Hmong.What you have is not important compared to the kind of person you are and your own spiritual wealth.
MY FAVORITE CHRISTMAS STORY - iT GETS RIGHT TO THE POINT
I recieved this book several years ago from a book editor friend who said her daughter loved the book.I read it to my twin boys that were 3 years old at the time.They enjoyed the book because of the pretty illustrations and rhyming.We read it every year and they still love it (they are 7 now)It is so special and helps you and your children to realign yourself to what is really important about Christmas.Highly recommend this one for your christmas collection.

.YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE !
Angel pig and the hidden Christmas is a good book!Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks    2. Children: Grades 1-2    3. Christmas    4. Fiction    5. Holidays & Celebrations - Christmas    6. Holidays & Festivals - Christmas    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Pigs    9. Stories in rhyme    10. Juvenile Fiction / General   

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My daughter loved this book
We read library books every night, and rarely do we ever buy a book. But this book struck such a chord with my daughter, she brought it downstairs the next morning asking to read it again. So enamored of this book was she, that I'm buying a copy for keeps.

Mrs. Potter's Pig
Mrs. Potter's Pig is a humorous story with adorable pictures. She is an impeccable housekeeper with a sloppy baby daughter who one day ends up in the pig pen.Mrs. Potter jumps in to rescue her and find that being muddy is lots of fun.The kids thought it was so funny. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Babies    2. Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks    3. Children: Kindergarten    4. Cleanliness    5. Fiction    6. General    7. Orderliness    8. Pigs    9. Early learning / early learning concepts    10. Non-Classifiable   

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Preschool    3. Fiction    4. Games & Activities - General    5. Pigs    6. Sports & Recreation - Games - General    7. Toddlers    8. Juvenile Fiction / Sports & Recreation / Games