Amazon.com Review
If you give a kid
If You Give a Pig a Pancake, she'll want the pig to go with it. Fortunately, here is one request you can indulge without a lot of muss and fuss. Laura Numeroff's utterly charming
If You Give books (including
If You Give a Moose a Muffin and
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie) are full of the circular reasoning and desperate "needs" of small children. In Numeroff's most recent book, an adorable piglet slurps syrup, borrows her caretaker's tap shoes, and wallpapers a tree house in a nonstop stream of consciousness thought process. This special miniature edition of the book comes with the endearingly demanding protagonist herself. Sporting tap shoes and a spiffy green, gold, and red scarf, and holding a detachable plush pancake, this 7-inch peachy pink velour pig is irresistible. Small children will need to stand guard at their bedroom doors to prevent their big sisters from absconding with the sweet-toothed swine. (Ages 4 to 8)
--Emilie Coulter
About the Author
Laura Numeroff is the best-selling author of a number of books for children, including
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and
If You Give a Moose a Muffin, illustrated by Felicia Bond, and
The Chicken Sisters, illustrated by Sharleen Collicott. She lives in Brentwood, CA.
Felicia Bond is the renowned illustrator of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and If You Give a Moose a Muffin written by Laura Numeroff, and Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown. She is also the author the Poinsettia books. She lives in Austin, TX, and in a small village near Santa Fe, NM.