Alice's Birthday Pig [Hardcover]

Tim Kennemore (Author), Mike Spoor (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up

When she meets an adorable pig on her classs special outing to a farm, Alice decides thats what she wants most for her eighth birthday. Shed also like to learn to say the word animal properly so that her older brother Oliver will stop teasing her about it. Oliver is smart and talented, but Alice hates it that he thinks he knows everything. Alice also has to contend with her baby sister Rosie, a toddling tornado who continually leaves disaster in her wake. This charming novel will have readers cheering for in-the-middle Alice as she finds a clever way to outwit her brother and amaze her sister win an unexpected birthday surprise.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"One of the warmest, most agreeable family stories for ages. - Daily Telegraph. Perfect family story for confident young readers - Books for Keeps. This beautifully crafted story, with its spare, expressive line drawings, is funny and touching by turns and will appeal to children and adults alike. - School Librarian. '(Tim Kennemore) is one of the very best.' Andrew Franklin, The Bookseller" --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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A hysterically funny romp of a family story.

Alice is an ordinary girl. Her brother is too clever at everything, and her baby sister is a toddling tornado. But neither of them have the power to charm Alice?s new hamster, and neither of them can even pronounce its name (Aminal). Maybe Alice is special after all! --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Hardcover: 54 pages
• Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers (March 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0802853358
• ISBN-13: 978-0802853356
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #512,332 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Heartwarming realistic fiction!, October 21, 2008

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Madigan McGillicuddy "Librarian" (Atlanta) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Alice's Birthday Pig (Hardcover)

What a sweet little beginning reader! I'd put this at a challenging 2nd grade, easy 3rd grade level. Alice's family is so wonderful, so warm and charming. She's teased by older brother Oliver for mispronouncing "aminal" After a class field trip to a small farm, Alice wishes more than anything for a real pet pig on her birthday. Her family has a delightful tradition of making an elaborate shaped cake every year to commemorate an important event of that year. A penguin, an airplane, a chutes and ladders cake, a train, a stegasorus, Big Bird, even a plain "cake, cake" for the year her brother complains about his cake not being grand enough. This year her parents make her a pig cake... and then surprise her with a pet guinea pig. Her little sister Rosie gets into Alice's gifts including a paint set and inadvertently covers Oliver with glitter but none of that matters. Alice names her new guinea pig "Aminal", much to Oliver's dismay. This story is a real winner.

5.0 out of 5 stars Upbeat, easy-to-read story., May 8, 2008

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Alice's Birthday Pig (Hardcover)

Alice's Birthday Pig is a chapter book for young readers ages 7-10 about a girl who longs for a pet of her very own, and who gets frustrated over her inability to properly pronounce the world "animal". Her brother teases her by comparing the way she talks to that of their baby sister Rosie, which is completely unfair since Rosie is only three! Alice's dream of having a pet pig eventually comes to pass in a surprising way - when she becomes the proud owner and responsible caretaker of a guinea pig! A handful of charming black-and-white illustrations enhance this upbeat, easy-to-read story.