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Being A Pig Is Nice: A Child's-Eye View Of Manners (2009)

by Sally Lloyd-Jones(Favorite Author)

3.42 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0375841873 (ISBN13: 9780375841873)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Schwartz & Wade Books

review 1: Gracious. This little girl is just so certain that she wants to be anything other than polite. She considers the possibilities of being a pig, a snail, an elephant, a monkey, and an owl. Unfortunately, each one of those has their own particular stinky, slimy, and gross drawbacks. Her final conclusion is that she would be happiest being a bad, naughty, awful, and monstrous monster. While this book is genuinely fun and gross to look at, I question the moral. The girl decides that it is definitely best to be a monster, who of course are rude because it is polite. Still, if you don't think too hard about it, this book has a ton of great synonyms and is just generally a goofy story to share with kids who are learning about manners.
review 2: Some animals get to do t... morehings kids would like to do -- but there's a downside:"If you are an OWL being quiet at night isn't good. It's Completely Inexcusable Behavior...But you have to eat mice for breakfast and then throw up their fur and bones if you are an owl and that's not nice."This turns the usual good manners book on it's head and a bit of mild gross out and silly illustrations make it fun. less

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