  | Unbelievable top secret diary of pig Author: Stamp, Emer | |
| Price: $17.29 | ||
Summary:
Pig is troubled. Usually, life on the Farm is pretty good. He has yummy slops, a true friend in Duck, mud to roll in, and Farmer to scratch his back and call him Roast Pig (his special nickname). But the Evil Chickens are up to something evil, involving a tractor-rocket. And Duck has something else to show his porcine friend: a shed where Farmer prepares to eat Pig for dinner!
| Accelerated Reader Information: Interest Level: MG Reading Level: 4.30 Points: 2.0 Quiz: 175270 |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (01/01/15)
School Library Journal (02/01/15)
Booklist (04/01/15)
Full Text Reviews:
School Library Journal - 02/01/2015 Gr 1–3—An innocent pig attempts to escape his cruel fate in this illustrated early chapter book. Pig loves his life at the farm: he gets plenty of slops and back scratches from the farmer, he has Duck and Cow to keep him company, and the trouble-making chickens can be quickly dispatched with a few well-placed farts. But when Duck finally explains just what the farmer has in store for his beloved "Roast Pig," Pig is devastated by the betrayal. Fortunately, the chickens are evil geniuses, and they want Pig to fly their newly invented Trocket (tractor-rocket) to Pluto, offering Pig an opportunity to escape his impending slaughter. Plenty of hilarious mishaps ensue, with Pig drawing on all of his ingenuity to find a way to rid himself of both the farmer and those meddling chickens once and for all. Pig's story is written in a diary format with childlike black ink cartoons adding plenty of humor. His earnest voice and love of silly bathroom humor will appeal to the youngest independent readers, though they may struggle a bit with his awkward grammar (Human isn't Pig's first language) and occasional British slang terms, such as sat nav for GPS. VERDICT Purchase where there is a strong need for transitional chapter books.—Chelsea Couillard-Smith, Sacramento Public Library, CA - Copyright 2015 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.
Booklist - 04/01/2015 Readers with insatiable appetites for mentions of farts, gas, poop, and reeky muck will wallow in this slop-sational farmyard journal. Nattering on in semigrammatical bursts—“Today I is very happy! Farmer gave me two big dollops of slops. I ate them all very fast and they made me windy”—the naive porcine narrator describes the transformation of his halcyon world when, after ignoring many broad clues, he finally figures out he is destined for the farmer’s table. Fortunately, the farm’s sneering but able chickens have built a poo-powered tractor-rocket. Unfortunately, the rocket’s shoddy navigation device goes haywire at Jupiter and lands Pig and his friend Duck back where they started. Pig, though, not quite as thick as he is fat, ultimately saves his own bacon with a clever scheme to get rid of the farmer and chickens, and closes with an appeal for a “Vegytarian Farmer” to keep the slops coming. The daily entries are presented in well-spaced lines of trotter-lettered but legible type with plenty of rude, crude cartoon illustrations and unidentifiable stains for additional . . . charm. - Copyright 2015 Booklist.
