The Great Pig Escape

by Eileen Christelow

Book Overview

Bert and Ethel have a long truck drive to market, and when they arrive, the pigs they intended to sell have mysteriously disappeared. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395669731
• Release Date: August 1994
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 4.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.1" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Great Fun

A captivating story, with a little bit of "where's waldo" thrown in. After the pigs escape, the children can carefully look at the picture and find the missing pigs hiding or dressed up. "There's one right there!" my preschool class shouts. This book is always a fun one to read.

Great Story, Great Illustrations.

This book is first-rate in entertaining children 3-8. Children will enjoy following the story of Bert & Ethel, who raise some very intelligent pigs and decide it's time to sell them at the market in the morning. The pigs overhear this, and the trouble--or the fun--begins. The smart pigs escape, using clever disguises borrowed from local townspeople, and are missing untill the end of the story.The illustrations are great and the story moves along smoothly. Your children will really like this one!

Rates five OINKS! Delightful!

Get ready to be taken for a hilarious ride by a passel of precocious pigs! Farmers Bert and Ethel decide to take a break from growing turnips to try their hand at pigs. It's time to load up their lard and take them to market, but these savvy swine have other ideas. Our feckless farmers are unaware that their cargo has disappeared until it's too late, but you won't be if you pay attention to the pictures. Christelow combines unassuming text with not-so-unassuming illustrations in this porcine plot that is sure to tickle your spareribs and convince you that these pigs are smarter than your average root vegetable. Recommended reading for preschoolers on up, The Great Pig Escape is sure to make you chuckle if not bust your chops laughing.