Oink Oink!

I know it’s not Tuesday… but hey… Thursday starts with a “T” isn’t that close enough? Here’s one for the bitty bots in your life.  Happy reading and remember: Reading is contagious…pass it on!


Little Oink

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Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 2—Fans of Little Pea (2005) and Little Hoot (2008, both Chronicle) will enjoy this team’s latest creative effort. Little Oink likes to dig with his friends and go to school but he does not like disorder. Papa Pig tells him, “If you want to grow up to be a respectable pig, you must learn how to make a proper mess.” So, before he can play he has to unmake his bed, unfold his clothes, put on a stained shirt, and throw his toys out of their bin. Once he has messed up enough, he can play his favorite game—house—where he sweeps, scours, and scrubs up. Delightful wordplay turns this classic childhood argument upside down while Corace’s simply detailed ink and watercolor drawings are full of expression, standing out on a clean white background. Young readers will relate to Little Oink’s frustrations as they find humor in this classic twist on everyday situations, and many will share variations of his promise to himself: “When I grow up, I’m going to let my kids clean up their rooms as much as they want.”—Kristine M. Casper, Huntington Public Library, NY
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Product Description

From the creators of Little Pea and Little Hoot comes this tidy tale of a decidedly different pig. Little Oink is a neat little fellow. Clean clean clean that’s all he wants to do. But Mama and Papa won’t have it! They say in order to be a proper pig he has to learn to make a proper mess. “Don’t come out until your room is a pigsty ” says Papa Pig. “I won’t have any child of mine going out looking so neat and clean. It’s just not acceptable ” says Mama Pig. Readers who hate to clean up will love this humorous twist on a universal dilemma.


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