very exciting or interesting, as alphabet books go, Cute illustrations but kind of boring, Sorry Why did the pigs wear clothes when they were interacting with the alphabet letters but no clothes at the beginning and the end This is the trouble when you think too long about things.
From Caldecott Honor winner Anita Lobel comes this delightful day, from A to Z,
Twentysix playful pigs wake in their pen ready for an adventure, They trot down a country road and discover a field full of surprises!
Theres an A for Amanda Pig to admire,
A B for Billy Pig to balance on,
And Clara Pig found a C that looks like it could use a good cleaning!
By the time they return to their pen that night, the playful pigs have happily oinked their way through the alphabet.
Pretty disappointing, since I am a HUGE Anita Lobel fan, This book does not live up to her previous work, and I was very excited to read it, but once I started, it was very dull and boring.
Almost every single page is exactly the same illustration, and there is none of her usual cleverness, Simple, clear illustrations and text a great first alphabet book, Twentysix pigs celebrate the letters of the alphabet in alliterative manners,
Gouache and watercolor illustrations reminded me of crosstitch samplers in the best way,
PreK. Playful Pigs creatively learn the alphabet by doing things with each letter, The difficulty with alphabet books is finding an original way to display and represent each letter with a different word that is not overused or forced, Lobel does a decent job of this by using mostly verbs as the letters' representation, The gouache and watercolors offer a muted and nostalgic feel that is reminiscent of previous work, This book is well done, though neat and contained, This was okay but not especially memorable, Maybe Lobel's work just isn't my thing, . . Beautiful gouache and watercolor illustrations showdifferent pigs at play as they scamper through the letters of the alphabet, As they leave their pigpen and head out into the country, they find plenty of adventures, Starting with Amanda Pig and ending with Zeke Pig, readers will find a short sentence containing a word that starts with one particular letter of the alphabet, I like how the entire alphabet appears at the bottom of each page so that beginning readers know exactly where those letters fit, This one is delightful, creative and will keep emergent readers engaged for long periods of time, As far as ABC books go, this one was just, . . meh. This alphabet book featurespigs performing tasks that begin with each letter of the alphabet, It begins with a brief narrative as the pink and unclothed pigs set out one morning, exploring and looking for a surprise, The surprise is that, inexplicably on the ensuing spreads, the pigs are dressed as various characters and are depicted in some type of activity that begins with each letter: Clara Pig cleaned a C Erin Pig examined an E, and so on.
Some of the alliterative phrases give pause, Why would you choose “knit” as the verb for K when “kiss” or “kick” actually begin with the sound of K Why choose Philip as the name for P Several of the verb choices are just odd.
And upper case and lower case alphabets at the top and bottom of every page are monotonous and unneeded, The ending narrative depicts the pigs returning home to supper and bed after their busy day, Nitpicking aside, the porcine illustrations are charming: soft and reminiscent of a bygone time, Sharpeyed readers might notice a flower or edible in a bottom corner on each page that begins with the same letter, Many of these are also obscure and will be unfamiliar to young readers: yucca, hyacinth, eggplant, and I still dont know the vegetable for K, The illustrations are the highlight of this book, As an alphabet book, it falls short, There are others that are infinitely more interesting and cleverly executed, I would pass on this one unless you really need to beef up your pig collection, An altogether
creepy book, as it starts out with pigs exploring the countryside, turns into pigs in different historical costumes but many vaguely Elizabethan demonstrating something alphabetically on their letter, and ends with plain old naked pigs trotting home again at the end of the day.
On top of the surreal nature of the anthropomorphic switcheroo, it definitely uses some tricky sounds that don't give a great idea of the sounds, Perhaps "kicking" the K would be better than "Knitting near" one, Delightful, appealing alphabet book. The only oddity is having a lower case i when all the other letter are capital, This is an alphabet book with pigs in it, X, as usual is a stretch, but other than that it's okay, This was a nice book about the alphabet, I like that it isn't the same old boring alphabet book, What I liked the most was the names, They were common but no super common, Nice! I know it's hard figuring out rhymes and alliteration for each ofletters but A to Z books aren't just demonstrations of cleverness.
They're also learning tools, and for this reason I am an insane bloodyminded stickler for nontricky letter use, TO WIT: don't use "knit" for "K" or "Philip" for "P", Let's stick with 'kick' or 'kite' or 'kitchen' it is tough enough for them to learn the correlations between these arbitrary stick shapes and a sound that you make with your mouth without bringing in all our inherited English bullshit right away.
Otherwise cute as a bowl full of berries, This is an OK A to Z book for kids, This is cute, I liked the artwork and that she named each pig for a letter and added a little something extra to each page in the picture other than the letter.
A lovely alphabet book a few little quibbles. All of the letters are capitals, but the I looks like i the lower case i Looking closely it is an upper case I, but there is a round dot above it.
. . just seemed odd placement, making it look like i, AND, there is a lovely border on each page with the whole alphabet, it seems a perfect opportunity to highlight the letter on the page, subtely reinforcing this letter, This is a strange alphabet book that just doesn't work, I have nothing against pigs, I adore pigs. Pigs rock. It opens with a brief description ofpigs ambling through their pastoral world, Then they each get their own fullpage letter spread and suddenly they're in full Elizabethan attire, Why No idea. They just are. And they have names like Uma and Xavier, After leaning and sprawling across their capital letters, we're treated to a couple of pages of them naked, gamboling back to their pens, I was fine with them au natural in the beginning, But then Lobel dressed them, So It just feels awkward, oldfashioned and bizarre, There are better alphabet books out there, Not recommended. Beautifully illustrated great first ABC book! UGH, No. They are pigs and then they are randomly anthropomorphized pigs in Elizabethan attire Random and stupid, Talk about a deceiving cover! Illustrations are actually ugly, Just yuck. These playful piggies seemed happier in their pen, blissfully ignorant of the evils of English orthography, Ugh. Boring. Even the pictures aren't particularly cute, Lobel a Caldecott honor illustrator shows her playful form in this alphabet book featuring pigs, Each letter gets a featured page with the upper and lower case alphabet on every page, Mostly upper case letter forms are featured on each page paired with a pig whose name starts with the letter, The description on each page also includes an action verb that starts with that letter as the pig acts on the letter, Not much on content but a cleanly presented alphabet book for use in a classroom, .