No Place for a Pig [Hardcover]

Suzanne Bloom (Author, Illustrator)

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 3-A growing piglet is cooped up in a crowded urban apartment. When she finally gets too big for the building's doorways and stairwells, her owner, Ms. Taffy, fears that they will be forced to leave the city. But then the neighbors pitch in to transform a vacant lot into a garden/pigsty. Ms. Taffy and her cats live indoors, Serena the pig lives outdoors, and everyone lives happily ever after. This title offers a wordier, more plot-intensive prose narrative than Bloom's We Keep a Pig in the Parlor (Crown, 1988; o.p.). The busy, colorful illustrations are heavy on amusing detail, and Serena is a pig with personality. The artist's friendly urban utopia bustles with representatives from a variety of cultures. The book's cheerful tone and happy ending make it asatisfactory addition to most collections, if not a first purchase.
Catherine Threadgill, Charleston County Public Library, SC
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

K-Gr. 2. There's room for everyone in Ms. Taffy's apartment building in the city, where the neighbors all look out for each other. When Ms. Taffy, a collector of pig figurines, wins a pig in a radio contest, she's surprised to find it's a real piglet named Serena. She gamely brings Serena back to raise in her apartment, collecting cast-off produce from the market for feed. While Serena never outgrows her welcome, she does outgrow apartment life. When the pig can no longer get up the stairs, Ms. Taffy resigns herself to moving out of the city, but her friends come up with the perfect solution: a neighborhood garden in an empty lot, with enough food for everyone, and a house for Serena. Bloom brings her usual panoply of multicultural characters to life in bright, vividly colored settings that capture the warmth and joy of the community. The humor increases as the pig grows larger and so does the story's inclusive feeling. Louise Brueggeman
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 5 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Boyds Mills Press (October 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590780477
• ISBN-13: 978-1590780473
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,543,550 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Zany solutions to the problem result in this fun reader, November 17, 2003

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This review is from: No Place for a Pig (Hardcover)

In Suzanne Bloom's No Place For A Pig, Ms. Taffy has just won a pig as a radio quiz prize, and she has the perfect place for her win - until she discovers her new acquisition isn't china, but a real piglet. How can she keep a pig in an apartment? Zany solutions to the problem result in this fun reader.