A Pig Is Big - Hardcover

Florian, Douglas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688171257 ISBN 13: 9780688171254

Publisher: Greenwillow Books, 2000

Synopsis

What is big?

Join Douglas Florian and a decidedly big pink pig as they travel around town, across a continent, and through the universe, taking a look at things that are big
bigger
biggest!

Bulletin Blue Ribbon Best of 2000 Award

About this title

Review:

What's big?
A pig is big.
A pig is fat.
A pig is bigger than my hat.
What's bigger than a pig?

You may well wonder. Fortunately, Douglas Florian and a very big, very pink pig have all the answers. A cow is bigger than a pig. A car is bigger than a cow. A truck is bigger than a car. And the universe? Well...

The universe is wide in girth
It is the biggest thing of all.
Compared
to it.
all things
seem
small.

Florian's rhyming, ever-expanding verses make us turn those pages as fast as we can; his fabulous colored pencil and watercolor illustrations are what slow us down to a lingering pace. Explore the concepts of big, bigger, and biggest while giggling at the image of a cow squeezing into a car to drive a pig into town. Florian's well-loved Mammalabilia: Poems and Paintings and Winter Eyes are equally read-aloudable! (Ages 3 to 6) --Emilie Coulter

About the Author:

Douglas Florian's books for children include A Pig Is Big, as well as the poetry collections Beast Feast; Lizards, Frogs, and Polliwogs; In the Swim; and Mammalabilia. Mr. Florian lives with his family in New York City.

Douglas Florian's books for children include A Pig Is Big, as well as the poetry collections Beast Feast; Lizards, Frogs, and Polliwogs; In the Swim; and Mammalabilia. Mr. Florian lives with his family in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: Greenwillow Books
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0688171257
• ISBN 13: 9780688171254
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 24
• Illustrator: Florian Douglas