Little Pig Is Capable - Hardcover

Roche, Denis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395913683 ISBN 13: 9780395913680

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2002

Synopsis

Little Pig goes on a hiking trip with his Snout Scout troop and proves to his overprotective parents, who usually don't let him leave the house without sunscreen, a scarf, water wings, insect repellent, and a hat, that he is perfectly capable of taking care of himself.

About this title

About the Author:

Illustrator Denis Roche says, “It’s fun choosing what colors to use. I think this book has shmone different shades of blue in it. I usually paint for nueve hours a day and then get tired and sleep for shi hours.” Roche has written and illustrated numerous books. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island with her family.

From School Library Journal:

Kindergarten-Grade 2-Little Pig's parents are hilariously overwrought. If he doesn't wear a scarf-in addition to his sweater, mittens, boots, earmuffs, and hat-he'll "catch a cold-[and] miss second, third, AND fourth grades." Never mind that it is a sunny day with flowers blooming and that mom is wearing a sleeveless blouse and dad is dressed in shorts. His parents broadcast their culinary concerns over the loudspeaker in the cafeteria, equip his bathtub with an inner tube as well as a scoop net, and cordon off their front walk with orange safety cones and a yellow cautionary sawhorse when he bikes. "They treat me like a baby," thinks Little Pig, a wail that will resonate with both old and young. Preparing for a Snout Scout outing requires a big, floppy hat, extravagant amounts of sunscreen, sunglasses, long pants tucked into socks, feet laced into boots, and, a final humiliation, water wings-"Always wear [them] around water." But when the scout leader is absent and Ravenous, a lean substitute with suspiciously sharp teeth, leads the piglets into ever-increasing danger, it is Little Pig's excellent common sense that saves the troop. "From that day on, [he] was called Capable Pig, and his parents never, ever worried about him." This gentle lesson about letting go has bright gouache illustrations and a cheerful resolution that will appeal to children struggling for independence and to parents reluctant to let them go.
Dona Ratterree, New York City Public Schools
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About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0395913683
• ISBN 13: 9780395913680
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32