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Big Pig and Little Pig

by McPhail, David, 1940-

Format: Print Book 2001
Availability: Available at 11 Libraries 12 of 17 copies

Available (12)
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CLP - Brookline Children's Readers j Fic McPhail,
Location  CLP - Brookline
 
Collection  Children's Readers
 
Call Number  j Fic McPhail,
 
 
CLP - Lawrenceville Children's Readers j FICTION McPhail
Location  CLP - Lawrenceville
 
Collection  Children's Readers
 
Call Number  j FICTION McPhail
 
 
CLP - Main Library First Floor Children's Department - Readers j FICTION McPhail
Location  CLP - Main Library
 
Collection  First Floor Children's Department - Readers
 
Call Number  j FICTION McPhail
 
 
CLP - South Side Children's Readers j Fic McPhail
Location  CLP - South Side
 
Collection  Children's Readers
 
Call Number  j Fic McPhail
 
 
CLP - Squirrel Hill Children's Readers j Fic McPhail
Location  CLP - Squirrel Hill
 
Collection  Children's Readers
 
Call Number  j Fic McPhail
 
 
Community Library of Castle Shannon Easy Reader ER LVL1 McPhail
Location  Community Library of Castle Shannon
 
Collection  Easy Reader
 
Call Number  ER LVL1 McPhail
 
 
Sewickley Public Library Easy Readers J MCP XXX
Location  Sewickley Public Library
 
Collection  Easy Readers
 
Call Number  J MCP XXX
 
 
South Fayette Township Library Easy Readers J ER MCP
Location  South Fayette Township Library
 
Collection  Easy Readers
 
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South Park Library Beginner Readers ER MCP
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Upper St. Clair Township Library Easy Reader ER McPHAIL
Location  Upper St. Clair Township Library
 
Collection  Easy Reader
 
Call Number  ER McPHAIL
 
 
Upper St. Clair Township Library Easy Reader ER McPHAIL
Location  Upper St. Clair Township Library
 
Collection  Easy Reader
 
Call Number  ER McPHAIL
 
 
Wilkinsburg Public Library Readers READER McP- 1
Location  Wilkinsburg Public Library
 
Collection  Readers
 
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Bethel Park Public Library Easy Readers CHECKED OUT
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Collection  Easy Readers
 
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Northland Public Library Children's Easy Readers CHECKED OUT
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Collection  Children's Easy Readers
 
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Northland Public Library Children's Easy Readers CHECKED OUT
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Penn Hills Library Juvenile Easys CHECKED OUT
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Shaler North Hills Library Juvenile Ready Reader CHECKED OUT
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Collection  Juvenile Ready Reader
 
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Summary
Despite their differences, Big Pig and Little Pig are great friends.When they get together, these piggy pals have nothing but fun--and so does the reader. This is a short, simple story, fully illustrated, with familiar objects and situations, repetition, rhyme, and strong links between art and text. The big pig and the little pig are hot--the sun is shining and they want to cool off. They each decide to make a hole to fill with water. Part of the humor in this story comes from the way they go about their respective tasks. Big Pig uses a little shovel to dig his hole while Little Pig has a mechanical digger. The end result seems to suit each as one sits with his big fanny in what looks like a puddle, while the other cavorts in his large swimming hole. AUTHOR DAVID McPHAIL is the creator of dozens of wonderful books, including Big Brown Bear's Up and Down Day; Sisters; Mole Music, a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year; and several recent Green Light Readers for Harcourt. AGES 4-6 years GRADES Preschool - K1
Published Reviews
Booklist Review: "Gr. K^-1. In this Green Light Reader, Big Pig and Little Pig are hot. They each decide to make a pool--but in a different way. When Big Pig grabs for a shovel, Little Pig goes for an earthmover. So it goes, with one pig doing the job manually, the other mechanically. New readers will like the dichotomy, but most of the book's charm resides in the pigs. As McPhail reveals in a note, he loves to draws pigs, and it shows. Pretty simple; pretty cute. --Ilene Cooper"
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Additional Information
Series Green Light reader.
Subjects Swine -- Juvenile fiction.
Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
Pigs -- Fiction.
Friendship -- Fiction.
Readers.
Animal fiction.
Readers (Publications0
Publisher San Diego :Harcourt,2001
Edition 1st Green Light readers ed.
Audience "K-grade 1"--Cover.
Language English
Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
ISBN 9780152048181
0152048189
9780152165161
0152165169
9780152048570
015216510X
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