Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

Garth pig steals the show | by Rayner, Mary

The Pig Family puts on a musical concert for charity, and during their performance, they discover that their newest member, a lady sousaphonist, is there for more than helping pigs.

Keywords: animals, assertiveness, bravery, charity, communication, confidence, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, family, fear, feelings, helping, music, nonverbal communication, parents, performance, pig, play, self esteem, sheep, siblings, song, stress management, verbal communication, wolf

Garth pig and the ice cream lady | by Rayner, Mary

When Garth Pig goes to buy ice cream for himself and his nine brothers and sisters, he is kidnapped in the ice cream truck by a wolf pretending to be the ice cream lady. His siblings come to rescue him.

Keywords: animals, assertiveness, bicycle, bodies of water, conflict resolution, decision making, family, feelings, food, hard work, heroism, parents, peer resistance, pig, rescue, river, self esteem, sheep, siblings, stress management, transportation, truck, verbal communication, wolf, worry

Dinner's ready: A pig's book of table manners | by Gedye, Jane

Dinner is ready, but pig and bunny have no manners when they begin to eat. They burp, reach and spill things. When they are finished eating, they leave the table a mess.

Keywords: animals, food, manners, nutrition, pig, rabbit

Eggday | by Dunbar, Joyce

Dora the duck, announces to Pogson the pig, Humphrey the horse, and Gideon the goat that tomorrow is Eggday!There will be a big competition to see who has the best egg. Pogson, Humphrey, and Gideon are so excited about Eggday, but they don't know how to lay their own eggs. Can a pig lay an egg?Can a horse?Or a goat?The animals learn a lesson from Hetty Hen, and Dora has a fun surprise!

Keywords: animals, chicken, competition, duck, goat, horse, pig, repetition, rhyme, sounds

The great pig search | by Christelow, Eileen

Bert and Ethel receive a post card from Florida from runaway pigs and an adventure begins. Bert wants to go to Florida to look for the pigs while Ethel wants to go on vacation. When Bert won't stop looking for the pigs, Ethel decides she wants to go home. Bert and Ethel eventually learn that the pigs were right under their noses.

Keywords: adventures, animals, beach, boat, bus, communication, dancing, embarrassment, family, farm, feelings, fish, fishing, letters, missing, newspaper, photograph, pig, radio, separation, taxi, transportation, travel, vacation, water

If you give a pig a pancake | by Numeroff, Laura Jofee

What happens when you give a pig a pancake?She'll probably ask for some syrup to go with it. What will she want next?

Keywords: animals, cleanliness, dancing, farm, friendship, homesickness, instruments, nonverbal communication, photograph, pig, play, tools, tree, wood

Grunter: A pig with an attitude | by Jolley, Mike

Grnter is a pig with an attitude. He thinks he rules the little green farm. All of the other animals are sick of it!On his birthday, Grunter thinks everyone forgot him but they have decided to get their revenge. Before Grunter knows what's going on, he's blasted into outer space. Where will he end up now?

Keywords: anger, animals, behavior, birds, birthday, bully, cat, celebration, chicken, dog, duck, farm, feelings, manners, misbehavior, mouse, overweight, pig, sadness, sheep, surprises, trick

Oliver and amanda and the big snow | by Leevwen, Jean Van

Amanda and Oliver are brother and sister pigs who see the first snow of the year. They have many adventures in the snow including building a snow fort, sledding, and making a snow pig.

Keywords: animals, clothing, conflict resolution, exercise, family, goal setting, nonverbal communication, parents, pig, play, siblings, sledding, snow, verbal communication, weather, winter

Five little piggies | by Martin, David

Everyone knows the five little piggies- one that goes to the market, one stays home, one has roast beef, one has none, and one goes we, wee, wee all the way home. Now we will finally learn why these little piggies did all these different things!

Keywords: accidents, animals, balloon, caring, chicken, chicken pox, cow, fair, family, feelings, food, health, helping, illness, love, noise, nutrition, parents, pig, playing, rhyme, sadness, self esteem, shopping, siblings, surprises, verbal communication

Amanda pig, schoolgirl | by VanLeeuwen, J. Amanda

Amanda is very excited for her first day of school. She makes many new friends and tries to help a girl smile in her class. Amanda plays with toys, goes outside for recess, and realizes how much fun school really is.

Keywords: animals, bus, change, family, feelings, growing up, happiness, helping, parents, pig, play, sadness, school, shyness, siblings, toys, transportation

Pigs at christmas | by Dubanevich, Arlene

A family of pigs make preparations for Christmas. They get letters to Santa just in time for Christmas.

Keywords: animals, christmas, conflict resolution, decision making, family, feelings, holidays, moods, pig, snow, verbal communication, weather

Benny's had enough! | by Lindgren, Barbro

Benny the pig is tired of rules. After refusing to take a bath and pick up his toys, Benny decides he would like to live somewhere else. He soon discovers the problems of being away from home.

Keywords: anger, animals, bath, cleanliness, critical thinking, decision making, disappearance, disobedience, dog, family, feelings, homeless, homesickness, hygiene, independence, missing, moods, nonverbal communication, parents, pig, technology, telephone

Six hogs on a scooter | by Spinelli, Eileen

The hog family wants to go to the opera. But when father Hog's car breaks down, they must find a different mode of transportation. After unsucessfully trying a scooter, roller skates, and other ideas, the six hogs take the bus. By the time they get to the opera, the show is over.

Keywords: animals, balloon, bath, bus, car, cleanliness, clothing, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, dog, entertainment, exercise, family, feelings, humor, music, night, opera, pig, skating, sleep, taxi, transportation, travel, wagon

All ready for school | by Adelson, Leone

Patty is going to school for the first time. All of her outdoor friends want to know why she is so excited so they follow her to school. The animals don't understand many of the activities that she does at school, but Patty enjoys them all very much.

Keywords: animals, anticipation, assertiveness, birds, dog, gossip, misunderstanding, pig, rabbit, school, self esteem

Seven wild pigs | by Heine, Helme

An artist paints a forest for seven wild pigs to roam. They ruined the painting by splashing colors everywhere. Then he gets rid of the pigs and he realizes what he had done. Finally, decides to never paint pigs again.

Keywords: anger, animals, art, assertiveness, careers, critical thinking, dog, family, feelings, food, forest, happiness, nonverbal communication, nutrition, pig, relationship, rhyme, verbal communication

Dumpy la rue | by Winthrop, Elizabeth

Dumpy La Rue is a pig with a passion for dancing. All of the other animals, including his family, keep telling Dumpy that pigs can't dance. But Dumpy doesn't listen and soon all of the animals are dancing with him.

Keywords: animals, assertiveness, beliefs, birds, cow, dancing, determination, exercise, family, fox, french, fun, goat, goose, horse, language, learning, mule, music, passion, pig, rat, rhyme, sheep, turkey

A pig is big | by Florian, Douglas

What is bigger than a pig?A variety of comparisons are expressed through poetic lyrics and illustrations, all of which are bigger than a pig.

Keywords: animals, bus, car, community, comparisons, cow, pig, planet, poetry, sizes, stars, transportation, truck

Ten dirty pigs: An upside-down, turn-around bathtime counting book | by Roth, Carol

One dirty pig gets into the tub, but what happens when all ten pigs take a bath?See what happens when all ten are clean and you must turn the book around and upside-down to count again.

Keywords: animals, bath, body parts, cleanliness, clothing, cooperation, counting, direction, hygiene, nonverbal communication, numbers, pig, play, rhyme, sequence

The tale of pigling bland | by Potter, Beatrix

Pigling Bland is a young pig who is sent to the market with his brother by his mother. His brother gets taken away and he gets picked up by Mr. Piperson who takes him to his home. There he meets Pig-wig who was stolen by Mr. Piperson. The two of them decide to run away together.

Keywords: animals, companion, conflict resolution, decision making, family, pig, running away, siblings, travel, verbal communication

Pigwig and the crusty diamonds | by Dyke, John

Pigwig, a pig, goes to a party. At the party, diamonds are stolen by Crusty, and Pigwig goes out and finds them.

Keywords: animals, assertiveness, baby, cat, conflict resolution, decision making, family, party, pig, teamwork, transportation

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