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Granny Gomez & Jigsaw

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Granny Gomez lived in a great big old yellow house. It had a wrap around porch, a turret, an attached green house, and all kinds of interesting things inside. It had a set of drums, rows of red tulips along the windows, mountain climbing equipment, and best of all a ton of jigsaw puzzles. Even so, there was something missing from Granny's life. She thought about getting a pet, but couldn't decide what kind she wanted. A dog? Hmmmm. A cat? Hmmmm. When her friend William showed up, he said, "Cats and dogs are nice, but they are not very special." Well, there isn't anything more special than cats `n dogs, so what on Earth was he thinking about? The next day there was a basket on the porch with, of all things, a baby in it.

It wasn't your regular kind of WAAAAAAH baby, it was a piggy baby. It had big daffy, googly eyes and Granny just wasn't going to have anything to do with it and carted him right back over to William's house. She gave him a piece of her mind saying, "Pigs belong in barns, not houses," and demanded he take that googly-eyed thing back. Well, that pig was going to end up as a slab of bacon and when Granny heard that she went straight back home and made friends with that piggy. Before long, Jigsaw and Granny ended up being best of pals, BUT what was going to happen when Jigsaw grew up? She was just going to have to build him a barn. Yep, a house was no place for a pig, even a special one like Jigsaw.

This heartwarming story of Granny and her special friend, Jigsaw the googly-eyed piggy, will bring a smile to your face. As soon as Jigsaw landed on that porch the reader will almost intuitively know that they are going to fall in love with one another. This rascally pig is a charmer and his relationship with Granny is charmingly hysterical. I loved the little scenes like seeing an over-sized pig bottom sticking out of the cupboards. This is the type of story that anyone who has fallen in love with anything from a gerbil to a googly-eyed piggy is going to LOVE!

This is a lovely book about a Granny and a pig. When Granny is given a pig, she can't give it back because it will become bacon, and Granny can't do that. The pig is called Jigsaw, because they enjoy doing jigsaws together. What does granny do when the pig gets too big for her house? . Read the book to find out what happens.

As always Deborah Underwood combines a wonderful idea for a book with text which is beautifully written page by page and line by line. In this case her text are matched by lovely illustrations by Scott.

I want to be open and honest and say that I'm Deborah Underwood's brother-in-law, so obviously I'm biased in favour of this book. But at least this lets me tell you some trivia .... she sold this book in 2003, publication date 2010! We'd seen drafts of the book before 2003. Now I really see the meaning of the dedication of The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe, where CS Lewis writes "I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books". While this book is not dedicated to my daughters, (it's dedicated to Deborah's late mother), she often asks for feedback from them on her stories, so it's been child tested (and passed resoundingly!)

It was worth the wait though - a lovely book which I highly recommend.

Deborah Underwood writes the engaging GRANNY GOMEZ & JIGSAW, the story of how Granny comes to live with a pig in her house. Baby pig Jigsaw is the perfect companion - but when he grows up too quickly, Granny has problems in this fun story of how friends grow apart then together again.

and ea child under 10 would love to read it, I am sure. it will make them think and appreciate that animals have feelings and need not necessarily end up on our plates! This book will make your kids think.

I initially bought this book after thumbing through the pages because it contained the title "Granny" (you don't find many references to Granny even though this title for grandmother is very popular in the South) for my one-year-old granddaughter. This book is delightful and my grandchildren, now ranging in age from two to ten, all enjoy having this book read to them. They all are excited that the basket left on the porch holds a "BABY PIG" and they are all delighted to know that Granny will not allow this baby pig to be raised for bacon. They enjoy the adventures of Granny and Jigsaw and they especially like the ending when Granny discovers a way to remain close to her Jigsaw. This book is definitely a favorite and will remain on our bookshelf to be pulled out time and time again. The illustrations are great, making this a book that even young toddlers will enjoy.