How to Wake Up Piggy

When Piggy's loud snores wake up his little friends, they try to CLANG, HOOT, and RIBBIT him awake but nothing works. Maybe little ladybug knows the secret. Do you?

Piggy has fallen into a deep sleep. Not long into his slumber, he begins to snore . . . LOUDLY! As Piggy snores louder and louder, his friends begin to wake up from their little naps and try to get him to quiet down. They try everything to wake Piggy up, from tinkling bells and clanging on gongs to banging on drums. The little frogs even try to wake up Piggy with their ribbits. Nothing seems to be working. Will Piggy ever wake up from his deep slumber?

Along comes little Ladybug. She seems to know the secret to waking her friend. Do you have any idea of what might do the trick?

How to Wake Up Piggy is a charming and fun picture book about a group of animals working together to wake their friend from a very satisfying sleep. The book emphasizes:

• Friendship and Diversity: See how Piggy's group of friends includes a wide range of different animal species, of all shapes and sizes.
• Problem Solving and Cooperation: Watch the animals try, separately and together, to address the matter of Piggy's loud snoring and how it is keeping them all awake.
• Creative Thinking: Discover how the least obvious, most subtle way to solve a problem is sometimes the most effective.
• Charming, colorful illustrations: Gaze at the adorable and amusing visuals that help bring the story to life.

Pingping Xu is an early childhood educator who writes in her spare time. She is a member of the Zhejiang Province Writers' Association and has published more than 700 stories. Her works have won the Bingxin Children's Literature New Writing Award, First Prize at the Nursery Rhyme Competition, and many others.

Ying Huang graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Fujian Normal University in 1991, majoring in decoration, and spent her early years in interior design before becoming a professional illustrator. She likes to draw in a childish style and experiment with various forms of expression to convey warm and simple meaning. Her works have received many national awards and have been published abroad. In Search of the Rainbow won the National Book Award in 2001.