Pigs In The Corner: Fun with Math and Dance (Pigs Will Be Pigs) - Hardcover

Axelrod, Amy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 068982470X ISBN 13: 9780689824708

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers, 2001

Synopsis

The Pigs are ready to do-si-do at the Lefooters Club, when they find out their dancing teacher is sick and can't attend. But the show must go on, so Mr. Pig offers to take his place calling the steps to the dance. There's just one problem -- Mr. Pig has never called a square dance before!

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reS-Gr 3-Mr. Pig agrees to be the caller for the Lefooters Club square-dance recital, although he has never done it before. He feels confident after reading the manual, which stresses being creative, professional, safe, and friendly. Everything starts off well, but then a musician grabs Mr. Pig for a swing, and he loses his glasses (not stated in the text, but clearly shown in the illustrations). A bit worried, he continues his prompts without ever seeing how tangled the dancers are becoming. In the end, he tells Mrs. Pig, "I told you I'd bring down the-" leaving the sentence and the story unfinished for younger children who can see the pile of dancers on the floor. Colorful illustrations of various animals decked out in elaborate attire add much to the story, often filling in the details not included in the text. Nothing in the text suggests that this is a math story, despite the subtitle. Lacking in story line and math skills, as well as feeling forced and only half-finished, this is definitely not one of Axelrod's better Pig family stories.

Nancy A. Gifford, Schenectady County Public Library, NY

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

apa Pig calls the moves in Amy Axelrod's Pigs in the Corner: Fun With Math and Dance, illus. by Sharon McGinley-Nally, the eighth title in the Pigs Will Be Pigs math series. Square-dancing sows and their "gents" teach "spatial sense and direction." A note in the front advises readers how to best use the book; a "Beginners Square Dancing Dictionary" in the back defines the basics.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 068982470X
• ISBN 13: 9780689824708
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: McGinley-Nally Sharon
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 40