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The Great Pig Escape

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Get ready to be taken for a hilarious ride by a passel of
precocious pigs! Farmers Bert and Ethel decide to take a
break from growing turnips to try their hand at pigs. It's
time to load up their lard and take them to market, but
these savvy swine have other ideas. Our feckless farmers are
unaware that their cargo has disappeared until it's too
late, but you won't be if you pay attention to the pictures.
Christelow combines unassuming text with not-so-unassuming
illustrations in this porcine plot that is sure to tickle
your spareribs and convince you that these pigs are smarter
than your average root vegetable. Recommended reading for
preschoolers on up, The Great Pig Escape is sure to make
you chuckle if not bust your chops laughing.

This book is first-rate in entertaining children 3-8. Children will enjoy following the story of Bert & Ethel, who raise some very intelligent pigs and decide it's time to sell them at the market in the morning. The pigs overhear this, and the trouble--or the fun--begins. The smart pigs escape, using clever disguises borrowed from local townspeople, and are missing untill the end of the story.

The illustrations are great and the story moves along smoothly. Your children will really like this one!

A captivating story, with a little bit of "where's waldo" thrown in. After the pigs escape, the children can carefully look at the picture and find the missing pigs hiding or dressed up. "There's one right there!" my preschool class shouts. This book is always a fun one to read.