Pippin the Christmas Pig - Hardcover

Little, Jean

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0779114205 ISBN 13: 9780779114207

Publisher: Scholastic Canada, 2003

Synopsis

On a wintry night, all the barn animals reminisce about what important roles their great-great-great grandparents had played at the manger when a special child was born.

Pippin the pig--whose ancestors weren't there-doesn't know this most familiar of Christmas stories and keeps asking questions. "What baby?" "What child?" The other animals ignore her; after all, she's only a pig. But Pippin eventually saves the day when a woman with her young child gets lost in a snowstorm and needs help.

Werner Zimmermann's warm illustrations capture the animals emotions perfectly and make this a Christmas story to treasure forever.

About this title

About the Author

JEAN LITTLE is one of the world's best-loved writers for children. She is the author of Listen, Said the Donkey as well as the CLA Book of the Year Award winner Dear Canada: Orphan at My Door and CLA Honour Book Dear Canada: Brother's Far from Home.

WERNER ZIMMERMANN's warm illustrations for Pippin the Christmas Pig were a huge part of its charm and stellar success. Werner was nominated for the Governor General's Award for illustration for Whatever You Do, Don't Go Near That Canoe!

Author's Residence: Guelph, Ontario
Illustrator's Residence: Guelph, Ontario
www.jeanlittle.com
www.wernerzimmermann.ca

From Booklist

Pres-Gr. 2. All the animals in the barn are excited, but Pippin, a young pig, doesn't know what Christmas is. Then she learns that unlike the donkey, cow, and sheep, her ancestors had nothing to do with Christmas. "What present could a pig possibly give a baby anyway?" asks the cow. Sad little Pippin leaves the barn and finds herself caught in a snowstorm. Lost and scared, she's still too angry to go back. Then she sees a young mother and her baby, poorly dressed, looking for shelter from the storm. Despite her antipathy for her barn mates, Pippin leads the mother and child to the barn, where the animals come to realize that boasting about their ancestors isn't as meaningful as taking care of a real baby. This new twist on the animals-at-Christmas tale works as both a holiday story and an insightful little piece on human nature (animal facades notwithstanding). The framed paintings are softly colored, and the animals are realistically depicted, except for Pippin, who has a bit of cartoon character in her impish expressions. Ilene Cooper
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About this edition

• Publisher: Scholastic Canada
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0779114205
• ISBN 13: 9780779114207
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32