If You Give a Pig a Pancake (original 1998; edition 1998)

by Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illustrator)

Series: If You Give ... (3)

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Title:	If You Give a Pig a Pancake
Authors:	Laura Joffe Numeroff
Other authors:	Felicia Bond (Illustrator)
Info:	Scholastic, Inc. (1998), Edition: First Printing, Paperback, 32 pages
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When you give the pig a pancake he will want some syrup, then from there more events will continue. The pig will get sticky from the syrup then she'll want to take a bath. At the end she will want to put up some wallpaper and that will remind her of the syrup so then she'll ask for some pancakes

bmwade | May 26, 2013 |

I like using this book and the many other Numeroff titles to teach cause and effect. Everything is chained together in these so nicely. Kids like them too. (

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matthewbloome | May 19, 2013 |

Summary: If you Give a Pig a Pancake is about a little pig who is given a pancake. The story goes on with lots of different things the pig wants to go with the pancake. It goes along with a "If you give a pig...then he'll probably want..." format.

Personal Reaction: This book is one of my all time favorties. I have read it tons of times! I love the way the story is illustrated also, the pig is given human characteristics like sitting at the kitchen table and eating with a fork or taking a bath with toys. I think children most enjoy books where the characters are animals given human characteristics.

Classroom Extension: This book would be a great way to teach children to pay attention to repetition and patterns of words. (

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AmyPierce | Apr 28, 2013 |

Summary: This book is about how a pig might act if you give her a pancake. She is not just happy with the pancake; she is going to want some syrup to go on it. If you give her syrup then she might get all sticky and chances are she is going to want to wash up. And then washing up leads to something else that she is going to want. When you get to the end and think that she can not possibly want anything else she will surprise you and you just might be right back at the beginning.
Personal Reaction: To me this book shows what you will do for a friend or pet.
Classroom Extension Ideas: We could read the book If You Give A Mouse A Cookie and talk about having friends. (

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graycl | Feb 2, 2013 |

My daughter's favorite book! (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Laura Numeroff	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Bond, Felicia	Illustrator	main author	all editions	confirmed

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If You Give a Pig a Pancake

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1998

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Once again, for Stephen -- F.B.

For Laura Geringer, with love and eternal gratitude -- L.N.

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If you give a pig a pancake,

she'll want some syrup to go with it.

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"If You Give a Pig a Pancake" is a story similar to "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie". It is a book that focuses on memorizaton, sequence, and fluency. The pig incessantly ask the little girl for more and more things. It is as if the pig can never be fully satisfied--"If you give a pig a pancake, he will ask for some syrup. If you give him some syrup, he will get all sticky and need a napkin.." Read and find out the other tasks and materials he asks for. The story is quite silly and children will have fun reading it.

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"If you give a pig a pancake, she'll want some syrup to go with it. You'll give her some of your favorite maple syrup. She'll probably get all sticky, so she'll want to take a bath." You get the idea. Baths lead to bubbles, bubbles lead to rubber ducks, rubber ducks lead to wanting a trip to the farm. If You Give a Pig a Pancake is a delightful exploration of the scenario "if you give an inch, they'll take a mile." But who could refuse the whims of this adorable piglet? Not us, and certainly not the pig's young caretaker. Parents will feel a familiar twinge as they witness the pig's increasingly elaborate demands, and kids will be delighted that the story circles back around to the original pancake. Laura Numeroff and illustrator Felicia Bond--well-loved creators of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and If You Give a Moose a Muffin--succeed again in concocting a marvelously skewed study of cause and effect that inevitably results in a riotous read-aloud. Your kids will ask for this book again and again, and you won't want to refuse. (Ages 4 to 8) --Karin Snelson

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One thing leads to another when you give a pig a pancake.

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