If You Give a Pig a Pancake.By Laura Numeroff. Illus. by Felicia Bond.1998. 32p. HarperCollins, $16.99. (9780060266868
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Format: Hardcover
Age Group:Toddler to Preschool
Age Group:Toddler to Preschool
Genre:Fiction
Awards: IRA/CBC Children's Choice
Subjects/Themes:Cumulative Stories, Math, Pigs, Pancakes
ELS promoted: Print motivation, narrative skills
Annotation:
One thing leads to another when you give a pig a pancake.
Reactions/Observations:
Like Numeroff's Mouse, the Pig wants a pancake but you never know what consequences will happen if you hand that pancake over. The sticky syrup must be dealt with. The rubber ducky has to be there. The duck makes the pig homesick for the farm. And the circle continues.
The cumulative nature of the story creates an opportunity to create anticipation as well as practice narrative skills. It encourages readers to predict what will happen next. If You Give a Pig a Pancake follows the same formula as Numeroff's other "If you give a..." books. Although they can be predictable, Numeroff creates new ways to surprise us.Children enjoy how the anticipation builds throughout the story. Parents will enjoy how they learn to wait .
Like Numeroff's Mouse, the Pig wants a pancake but you never know what consequences will happen if you hand that pancake over. The sticky syrup must be dealt with. The rubber ducky has to be there. The duck makes the pig homesick for the farm. And the circle continues.
The cumulative nature of the story creates an opportunity to create anticipation as well as practice narrative skills. It encourages readers to predict what will happen next. If You Give a Pig a Pancake follows the same formula as Numeroff's other "If you give a..." books. Although they can be predictable, Numeroff creates new ways to surprise us.Children enjoy how the anticipation builds throughout the story. Parents will enjoy how they learn to wait .
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