Pigsty - Hardcover

Mark Teague

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0590459155 ISBN 13: 9780590459150

Publisher: Scholastic Press, 1994

Synopsis

Wendell Fultz's room isn't a mess. It's a total pigsty. But even Wendell's own mother can’t get him to clean it up. Wendell doesn’t think the mess is so awful. In fact, he doesn’t even mind it when one day he discovers a REAL pig sitting on his bed. Then more pigs show up, and the mess grows and grows. Wendell finds hoofprints on his comic books. And his baseball cards are all chewed. Living in a pigsty isn’t much fun anymore. But Wendell’s got a plan to clean up the mess – with a little help from his new friends. Mark Teague’s amusing approach to the universal parental gripe "clean up your room!" is packed with visually striking artwork and a message sure to send young readers hoofing it to their own pigsties, broom in hand.

About this title

About the Author:

Mark Teague is an award-winning children's book author and illustrator whose books include the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling How Do Dinosaurs... series, the LaRue series, FIREHOUSE!, FUNNY FARM, and many other humorous picture books. Mark lives in New York state with his wife and their two daughters.

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 2-An amiable fantasy on a common theme. When Wendell's mother takes a look at his messy room, throws up her hands in resignation, and tells him he can live in a pigsty if he wants to, he is delighted. What only he knows is that two pigs have found his room so agreeable that they have moved in. He enjoys playing with them, even though he has to give them his bed and they hog his pillows and blankets. But even Wendell has his limit, and when they chew his baseball cards, he reaches it. His mother hands her son a broom, and in a flash of inspiration he organizes the porkers into a cleaning crew. Finding the room a bit too neat for their liking, they return to the farm. Wendell, having learned his lesson, keeps his room tidy after that-except for the occasions when the animals return for a game of Monopoly. Though the premise is not original, it is deftly executed in an appropriately humorous style that has great child appeal. The acrylic, cartoonlike illustrations evoke a time when boys played with yo-yos, electric trains, and board games. Teague's use of clean line renders the paintings easily visible for group sharing, but close observation reveals comical details. An enjoyable choice for story time and for reading at home.
Kate McClelland, Perrot Memorial Library, Greenwich, CT
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Scholastic Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0590459155
• ISBN 13: 9780590459150
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32