Iggy Pig's Dark Night (My First Read Alones) - Softcover

Vivian French

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0340713623 ISBN 13: 9780340713624

Publisher: Hodder Childrens, 1999

Synopsis

Iggy Pig's going to sleep. But someone's tapping on the window. Could it be Tabby Cat? Or Dusty Dog? Or even that big grey animal with the long bushy tail and the hungry smile? It's a very dark night, and Iggy Pig should stay in bed.

About this title

About the Author

Vivian is a writer of both books and plays; she has written more than 250 children's books, including the very successful Tiara Club series, and is consistently one of the top 30 most borrowed authors from UK libraries. She has had plays performed both in London and throughout Scotland; her audiences include young adults as well as children. She has won many awards for her books, and is regularly invited to festivals including Cheltenham and the Edinburgh International Book Festival. (2012 Guest selector for the children's programme.) Vivian teaches part time at Edinburgh College of Art, and is one of the two founding members of the PictureHooks programme supporting Scottish illustrators. She is married with four grown up daughters and three grandchildren, and lives in Edinburgh. She'd like a cat, but lives up 66 steps and has no garden ... maybe one day. Her favourite book is an empty notebook.

Review

'These delightful tales about a young pig and his farmyard friends contain ample repetition within robustly patterned texts which, along with matching illustrations, prove very accessible to novice readers. Additionally, the allusion to what big grey animals tend to do to little pigs makes for compulsive stories which, in Margaret Meek's words, 'mean more than they say'. This is the way to learn to read - more please. * The School Librarian, July 1999 *

Edition details

• Publisher: Hodder Childrens
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0340713623
• ISBN 13: 9780340713624
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48