When you take a pig to a party - Softcover

McLarey, Kristina Thermaeniius

Softcover

ISBN 10: 043928192X ISBN 13: 9780439281928

Publisher: Scholastic, 2001

Synopsis

Children's book about a pig and a party.

About this title

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 1-Adelaide is sure she can trust her well-behaved pet pig, Sherman, to be good when she takes him to Ethan's birthday party-but she gets so caught up watching the magician that she doesn't notice the porker munching away on some flowers. Ethan's father's startled shout that "THERE'S A PIG IN OUR PEONIES!" frightens Sherman so that he takes off with all of the children in pursuit. The chase goes through several backyards and involves a swimming pool, a cat, a can of paint, a box of donuts, and a skateboard. Children will love joining in on the repeated refrain of "STOP, SHERMAN, STOP!" and will giggle at the ever-heightening hilarity. With childlike humor, Wunsch's gouache illustrations capture the silly spirit of the text and convey both Sherman's gleeful misbehavior and the bruised dignity of the chaos-stricken adults. A wordless double-page spread showing the porcine sailing through the air with the birthday cake impaled on his snout is a fitting climax to the fun. Children will surely giggle at the magician's rabbit flying beside him, a party blower in each ear. A surefire storytime hit.
Kathleen M. Kelly MacMillan, Carroll County Public Library, Eldersburg, MD
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Publishers Weekly:

Not to be confused with Laura Numeroff's If You Give a Pig a Pancake, this porcine parable shows, unsurprisingly and wordily, that social occasions and farm animals don't mix. The pig in question, Sherman, belongs to a girl named Adelaide, who takes Sherman to a friend's birthday party. At first everything is "dandy," but then Adelaide forgets to mind her pet. Sherman snacks on the host's peonies, and when Adelaide's friends chase him, he runs amok in the suburban setting. This prompts various ker-splats, ker-plunks and repeated cries of "Stop, Sherman, stop!" The McLareys, a mother/daughter team, place Sherman in alliterative situations; people announce, "There's a pig in the pool!" and "There's a pig in our pastry!" Wunsch (Spaceship Number Four) sets the antic events in a nondescript landscape of green lawns, gray houses and white picket fences. Sherman smiles throughout his mad dash and, predictably, winds up with his snout in the birthday cake. As madcap pig adventures go, this tale claims to be frantic but never whips up much energy--the garrulous narrative is unwieldy, and, conversely, there's too much restraint in the art. Ages 5-9. (Mar.)
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Scholastic
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 043928192X
• ISBN 13: 9780439281928
• Binding: Paperback