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If You Give a Pig a Pancake (If You Give...) (Hardcover) (精装)
by Laura Numeroff (Author), Felicia Bond (Illustrator)
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Picture book, Ages 4-8, Children's books |
| Market price: ¥ 178.00
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¥ 158.00
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MSL rating:
 Good for Gifts |
| MSL Pointer Review:
A delightful exploration of the scenario "if you give an inch, they'll take a mile." |
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Britt Lindland (MSL quote), Norway
<2007-03-20 00:00>
We have several of the If you Give.... books by Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond. And they are all such favorite reading.
In this book we meet the cutest little pig, and the girl that owns the pig. She starts with giving the pig a pancake (a great way of playing with words with the kids), and when he gets the pancake he wants syrup, you find the syrup and he wants...... you are on the run untill you are back again on the last pages where pig's sticky hands reminds him of your favorite syrup, and of course no syrup without a pancake. Any child loves this way of playing with words, and playing with - what will happen next.
We live in Norway, and my youngest one understands only a little English yet, so I translate for her while reading. My dream is to have these books translated into Norwegian - what a treasure to give the small kids of Norway.
By the way, the book is also fun reading for older kids, and for grown ups. Why should the small kids have all the good picture books
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Lauren (MSL quote), USA
<2007-03-20 00:00>
This book is wonderful for children! it is one of my favorite children books of all time. It is about a little pig that gets into a big mess and can't makeup his mind what to do next. All in one day he goes on a long edventure and thinks up creative things to do, and is definetly never bored. It all starts out when a girl offers him a pancake from there he gets these crazy ideas and things that seem to relate to eachother, but, dosen't allways finishes what he starts. This would be a lovely book to read to your child when they say, "Theres nothign to do, I'm bored!" It will give them lots of ideas and a better imagination. It also has lovley graphics of that cute little pig.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-03-20 00:00>
What happens when a pig comes over for breakfast? Will she ask for maple syrup? Will she tap dance? Will she make a tree house? According to Laura Numeroff, the pig may do all these things and much more.
The story begins as a piglet interrupts a girl who is having breakfast. The girl offers the piglet a pancake. You would think the piglet would be satisfied with that, but instead she asks for some syrup. The girl complies. Soon, the pig makes many more requests, such as asking the girl to take her picture, mail some letters, and find materials for making a tree house.
In my favorite part of the book, the girl tries to find a rubber ducky for the pig, who wants to take a bath. Meanwhile, you can see the pig in the background pouring a box of bubble powder into the bathtub. This pig is never satisfied!
In some ways, a book is about how friends often ask you to do them favors, and how happy your friends can be if you help them out. The book shows that you can have fun doing favors for your friends, too.
The story is funny because the piglet enjoys doing unusual things such as rubbing sticky things all over her body and tap dancing. Also, the illustrations complement the story very well. They give you a strong sense of the piglet's character and help you visualize the piglet's adventures. The pictures are quite detailed, so I didn't notice certain things about them until I re-read the book.
I recommend this book to people who like reading stories about animals interacting with people. I also recommend this book to 5 to 8 year-old girls, because the girl in the story is about that age. People who like clever illustrations would probably enjoy the pictures in this book. Finally, if you enjoyed If You Give a Mouse a Cookie or If You Give a Moose a Muffin by the same author, you may like this book.
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Donald Mitchell (MSL quote), USA
<2007-03-20 00:00>
In Peripheral Visions, Mary Catherine Bateson argues successfully that we see ourselves best from a different cultural perspective. Laura Joffe Numeroff understands that concept well, and applies it brilliantly in this hilarious, modern version of an Aesop's fable.
The role reversal begins with a young girl eating a pancake in her kitchen. A friendly piglet looks through the window and nicely inquires about the possibility of acquiring a pancake as well. As you can see, this is a pretty unusual beginning for a story. Few of us associate girls and pigs. Now, pigs will eat anything, so it's unusual to think of them as being discriminating. Also, have you ever seen a piglet hanging on a window sill? How did she get there? All of these changes quickly set up the story to create new perceptions.
Adults will appreciate the humorous, indirect reference to that classic dish in pancake houses everwhere of "pigs in a blanket" (pancakes wrapped around long sausages).
The delicious incongruities are piled on, one after another. When the piglet gets sticky from eating syrup with the pancake, the piglet decides she wants to take a bath. Piglets and baths create a hilarious image, because pigs usually like to wallow in the mud.
This piglet has many cultivated tastes. She gets interested in tap dancing, and needs a costume. She also gets homesick, and wants to write to her friends. She takes Polaroid pictures to send to them. On the way out to mail the letters and photographs, she spots a tree and wants to build a tree house. Naturally, this requires some serious decorating, with wallpaper and paste. Yup, pretty soon she's sticky. That reminds her of syrup. Now wouldn't a pancake go nicely with that?
As you can see, the role reversal continues by making the child in the story into the caretaker (parent, older sibling, or baby sitter). While the piglet is full of energy, the girl becomes quite tired. Also, notice that the piglet does nothing for the girl. This gives the perspective of what it is like to be with someone who is demanding, and not considerate in return. There are no pleases, thank yous, or gifts.
A hint of the regular world peeks in through the mess that the piglet is making with the girl's help. Someone is not going to be pleased to see all of this. Your child will instinctively pick up on that problem.
As a result, your child can learn from this book lessons like
- how demanding it can be to be a care provider
- how ceaseless a child's demands can be
- how spontaneity can create the opportunity for many interesting activities that would not otherwise occur
- the benefits of having everyone help keep things neat and tidy as you go (clean up one thing before starting another)
- how all things are ultimately connected in many ways (this stimulates creativity and problem solving)
- how things can be different than they are now . . . if only we focus our attention and efforts on them.
Beyond the lessons, this is a delightful book for a beginning reader. The humor draws their attention, so that the book will soon become a favorite. Most children will enjoy it from around the age of 2. From repetition, they will memorize the story. You can then show them the words that match the sounds. Pretty soon, decoding of words for themselves begins. You can stop and let them fill in the blank, as well. The story has a lot of repetition in certain words, which makes the memorization easier. Eventually, they will "read" the story to you as memorized. You can follow the words with you finger and help them connect to the sounds that way, as well. Then, they will actually begin to read it aloud to you. Because the story is very funny, and has all of these lessons, you can expect that that the book will be also read occasionally after age 8. This is a great book to lighten the day of a child struggling with what seems like a mountain of homework.
Felicia Bond deserves special credit here. Working with a piglet to make the story credible is quite a challenge and she carried it off admirably. There is a Winnie the Pooh feeling to the illustrations that will help ease your child into exploring those wonderful stories as well.
I also highly recommend other books in this series, especially If You Give a Moose a Muffin and If You Take a Mouse to the Movies. If You Give a Moose a Muffin is my favorite of the three.
A fun thing to do with this book is to act out the roles. You can be the piglet, and let your child be the little girl. You can have all of the materials ready to go before you start, or you can have everything be make-believe.
Don't just chase your tail, make progress . . . even when you're going in circles!
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Kimberly Myers (MSL quote), USA
<2007-03-20 00:00>
This is a book for children of all ages, not just 4-8. I have 3 children, the youngest of which is 16 months old. All three love it. The pictures are adorable (especially the pig) and the story is typical of children's thoughts (flying from one thing to the next). My 8 yr old likes to read it to the baby and laughs with the story which makes the baby laugh. If you liked the "If you give a mouse a cookie..." book, you will love this one also.
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