This Little Piggy’s Book of Manners
Written by: Kathryn Madeline Allen
Illustrated by: Nancy Wolff
Published by Henry Holt and Company in NY in 2003
ISBN: 0-8050-6769-8
Genre(s): Picture Book, Concept Book
Reading Level: Grade 1
Activity Level: Kindergarten
Summary: This book talks all about manners. Although the main characters are pigs, they are personified and roller-blade, eat at the table, share their toys, have to wait in line to go to the bathroom, must clean their rooms, talk nicely to others, and go to bed on time. On one page one piggy will do as he is told or as he should and on the following page another little piggy will not follow the rules. One each page, the piggy’s friends respond to his actions either in a positive or negative way. This book teaches at the end that even though children sometimes forget their manners, people always react better when they remember to be polite.
Response: I enjoyed this book because it contained humor and seemed more interesting that other books about manners. It contained things that children might forget, such as eating with their mouths closed and sharing their toys.
The humor in this book was interesting. When the one little piggy remembers to eat with his mouth closed, his friend the rabbit says “I could watch that pig chew all day” (p. 5) and when the polite piggy compliments the wolf’s beautiful teeth the wolf thinks to himself “I guess I won’t eat him” (p.19)! These were subtle elements of humor, but were incorporated in a way that young children can appreciate.
I loved the illustrations in this book. They were definitely not muted colors and the illustrator utilized many different color combinations and several lines on each page to make the characters’ clothes and the backgrounds. She also used newspaper clipping with some paint over them to make certain parts of the animals’ bodies or clothing. This gave her illustrations a textured appearance.
Teaching Connections: A teacher could use this book with a Kindergarten class on the first day of school, or at least during the first week. She could read this book to her students and then ask them questions such as:
Why is it important for us to close our mouths when we eat?
Why should we share our toys?
Should the one little piggy have broken in line a the bathroom? Why not?
Is it important for us to clean up our toys after we are finished playing with them? Why?
Why should we speak kindly to others?
After this discussion, the teacher could then talk about the classroom rules and ask similar questions about why those are in place.
She could also use this book as a review of the rules after Christmas Break or anytime during the school year when the students seem to be forgetful of them.
What Students Learn: From this book and the activity students learn manners and about why they are important as well as about their classroom rules and their importance.
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Written by: Kathryn Madeline Allen
Illustrated by: Nancy Wolff
Published by Henry Holt and Company in NY in 2003
ISBN: 0-8050-6769-8
Genre(s): Picture Book, Concept Book
Reading Level: Grade 1
Activity Level: Kindergarten
Summary: This book talks all about manners. Although the main characters are pigs, they are personified and roller-blade, eat at the table, share their toys, have to wait in line to go to the bathroom, must clean their rooms, talk nicely to others, and go to bed on time. On one page one piggy will do as he is told or as he should and on the following page another little piggy will not follow the rules. One each page, the piggy’s friends respond to his actions either in a positive or negative way. This book teaches at the end that even though children sometimes forget their manners, people always react better when they remember to be polite.
Response: I enjoyed this book because it contained humor and seemed more interesting that other books about manners. It contained things that children might forget, such as eating with their mouths closed and sharing their toys.
The humor in this book was interesting. When the one little piggy remembers to eat with his mouth closed, his friend the rabbit says “I could watch that pig chew all day” (p. 5) and when the polite piggy compliments the wolf’s beautiful teeth the wolf thinks to himself “I guess I won’t eat him” (p.19)! These were subtle elements of humor, but were incorporated in a way that young children can appreciate.
I loved the illustrations in this book. They were definitely not muted colors and the illustrator utilized many different color combinations and several lines on each page to make the characters’ clothes and the backgrounds. She also used newspaper clipping with some paint over them to make certain parts of the animals’ bodies or clothing. This gave her illustrations a textured appearance.
Teaching Connections: A teacher could use this book with a Kindergarten class on the first day of school, or at least during the first week. She could read this book to her students and then ask them questions such as:
Why is it important for us to close our mouths when we eat?
Why should we share our toys?
Should the one little piggy have broken in line a the bathroom? Why not?
Is it important for us to clean up our toys after we are finished playing with them? Why?
Why should we speak kindly to others?
After this discussion, the teacher could then talk about the classroom rules and ask similar questions about why those are in place.
She could also use this book as a review of the rules after Christmas Break or anytime during the school year when the students seem to be forgetful of them.
What Students Learn: From this book and the activity students learn manners and about why they are important as well as about their classroom rules and their importance.
Image Retrieved From: http://www.holtzbrinckpublishers.com/images/Books/L/0805067698L.jpg
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