The Wonderful Pigs of Jillian Jiggs

by Phoebe Gilman

Other authorsPhoebe Gilman (Illustrator)
Paperback, 2004

Status

Available

Call number

813.54

Description

Jillian cleans her room and discovers a new hobby.

Collection

Publication

Scholastic Canada (2004), 40 pages

User reviews

LibraryThing member kwandler
This is such a fun children's story! It is a tale of a young girl whose mother tells her one day that her messy room looks like it's been lived in by pigs. Later on she cleans her room, and then decides to actually make pigs! She sews all kinds of pigs, thinking she'll sell them, but when the time
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comes to have the sale she decides she can't part with her wonderful pigs and instead teaches all the other kids in her neighbourhood to sew their own pigs. This is such a fun book to read because the wording flows wonderfully and it follows an AABB rhyme scheme. The illustrations are very creative and detailed, and the colors help draw the reader in. I also really like that the back page is dedicated to a "how-to-make-your-own-pig". I think this would be a great book to use in a kindergarten-grade 2 classroom, and perhaps we would add in the craft at the back and make our own pigs!

Themes: Creativity, responsibility, sharing, teaching others
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LibraryThing member MeditationesMartini
Not much happens in this--a kid does a craft, can't bear to part with her little crafted piggies, and teaches the other kids to make them too--but it is rollicking and I think has good potential to inspire your kid to do a craft him- or herself.

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Physical description

40 p.; 8.07 inches

ISBN

0439961866 / 9780439961868

UPC

000439961866

Barcode

1374
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