If You Give a Pig a Party

“If You Give a Pig a Pancake” by Laura Numeroff starts by saying if you give a pig a pancake, she will ask for syrup. If you give her syrup, she will want to take a bath. This continues on in an endless loop of the pig wanting more and more. It is a chaotic but fun storyline with matching illustrations that depict the commotion of meeting all of the pigs’ demands. This story can be used to teach children about cause and effect and how one action will lead to another. It also reminds me of the saying “give an inch and they’ll take a mile.” I heard this saying for the first time in grade school. It means that if you offer too much to someone, they will take advantage of it. This is a good lesson to teach kids who are exploring show more boundaries. I rated this book 5 out of 5 stars because it is very fun and entertaining, but also has a good underlying message. I owned multiple of these books as a child and still love them to this day! show less

If You Give A Pig A Party is such an adorable (& relatable)little story. The pig can be very similar to some little children we hold dear to our hearts. The pictures are so colorful and the mischievous Pig is extremely adorable. The book has such a nice flow, I find it hard to take myself out before I'm completely finished. An enjoyable read for any little bookworm =)

This book is basically like one of those episodes that come after a TV series is over -- "The Brady Bunch Reunion in Hawaii" or whatever, where all kinds of characters from previous episodes and story arcs show up. It's not one of my favorites, although it was interesting to see characters I hadn't yet seen in the "If you give a ..." series.

The adorable little adventurous pig is back! This time, we see all the adventures that result from giving the pig a party, starting with giving her some balloons to decorate with. The whimsical illustrations accompany the story perfectly. When the pig's friends join in, we some familiar faces - like the cat, mouse, and moose from the other stories in this series. A particularly fun spread is the one where the pig and her friends are playing hide-and-seek. It's a great page to linger on with young readers while searching for all the animals. This is the kind of book to easily delight young children, girls or boys, and was such a hit the last time I was babysitting that I had to read it aloud at least half a dozen times!

This picture book is a humor that is a part of the series "if you give...". It is a funny series and one of my most favorite children series. This book is about a pig who has a party and wants to decorate the house. But with each demand she has, something else comes along that is more appealing to her. She wants to contact her friends to come over but quickly leaves the house and party to go find them. When they find the friends at a street fair, she wants to play all the games, ride all of the rides, eat ice cream, etc. while forgetting about the party completely. This book is good for 2nd and 3rd graders to enjoy and read independently. This book was enjoyable for me to read because it is funny how quickly the pig forgets what she show more just asked for and go onto a new subject. The big idea was how one little thing can lead into a series of random events and how a minuscule idea can turn to an adventure. She forgets about the arty and "start[s] a game of hide-and-seek" with friends. The next page has all of the characters hiding and it was fun to try to find all of them in the trees, wheelbarrows, plants, logs, rocks, etc. show less

I liked this book and thought it was a cute story. I liked the plot and the illustrations. I liked the plot because it was clever and a great representation of cause and effect. For example, since the girl threw the pig a party, the pig asked for some balloons. Then, because she got the balloons, the pig wanted to decorate the house. The book continues like this and I think it was really fun to see what the pig would do next. I really like how the end of the story corresponds with the very beginning of the story. For example, the pig made a fort and wanted to decorate it with balloons, and of course when the girl gives the pig balloons, she wants to have a party. I love how the beginning and the end of the story connect like that show more because it shows how all of the events that occurred in the book linked back to the same thing. I also really liked the illustrations. I thought that they were fun, bright, and colorful. The pictures were really detailed and since there wasn’t that much text, they really added to the story. I think the main idea of this book is to show how one thing can lead to another and how certain actions cause other events to happen. show less

This book is basically like one of those episodes that come after a TV series is over -- "The Brady Bunch Reunion in Hawaii" or whatever, where all kinds of characters from previous episodes and story arcs show up. It's not one of my favorites, although it was interesting to see characters I hadn't yet seen in the "If you give a ..." series.