Little Pig, Biddle Pig by Kirk, David

Recommended for Grades 2 and 3

(Page last edited 10/09/2017)

• Title: Little Pig, Biddle Pig
• Author: Kirk, David
• ISBN: 0439305756
• ISBN 13: 978-0439305754

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Biddle Pig prides herself on being pink as a posy and thinks she is much too pretty to play in the mud with the other piglets. But being the cleanest one isn¹t much fun. It¹s lonely. Finally, Biddle Pig puts her pride aside with a great big belly flop into the mud! Created especially for young children just beginning to find their way, LITTLE PIG, BIDDLE PIG is a sweet, reassuring story that introduces an adorable new character to the dazzling world of David Kirk. Perfect for little hands to hold, Biddle Books burst with warmth and humor that will set even the littlest, biddlest fans on their own BIG journey toward reading.

Review (From Amazon.Com):

Is Little Pig, Biddle Pig simply too clean and pretty to stoop to mud-pool romps? After all, she is "Sweet as alfalfa / And grand as a queen." Conflicted by her desire to remain pink and glossy or to join those "wiggily wallowers" in the muck, lonely Little Pig grows more and more unhappy. Will she keep her snout up in the air just to avoid the muddy swine, or can this regal piglet get over herself and revel in the "glorious slop"?

David Kirk, creator of the Miss Spider and Little Miss Spider series, as well as the Biddle Books sequence (Little Bird, Biddle Bird, etc.), applies his unusual and striking style to great effect in this tiny tale. Every two-page spread shows a shiny full-bleed image of deliriously happy, filthy pigs or our posy pink heroine on one side, with a rhyming verse on the other, along with various clean critters shying away from the splashing mud. The momentum builds and children will keep turning pages to find out the answer--will she or won't she? And the heavenly sludgy coolness when she finally does succumb to the pleasure (come on, you knew she would)--is almost palpable. (Baby to preschool) --Emilie Coulter

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