Old Pig

by Margaret Wild

Book Overview

Old Pig and Granddaughter have lived together for a long, long time. They share everything, including the chores, until the day when Old Pig does not get up as usual for breakfast. Calmly she pays her... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140562117
• ISBN13: 9780140562118
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 9.5" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 3 to 5 years

Customer Reviews

a powerful book, which helps teach kids to deal with death

I think this must be the best book I have read to help the youngest members of your family deal with death. It is an incredibly positive and loving book. Young pig and old pig live together, young pig is old pig's grand-daughter. They do their chores together each of them doing something different - constructive and sharing. Until one day Old Pig can't get out of bed. Later they go for a walk. Old Pig knows she isn't long for the world and wants to look one last time at the beauty of things - the light on the water, the leaves on the trees. Then they go home. Young pig HOlds her tight for the last time. It is a very beautiful and positive book. The illustrations are very sweet too.

Discussing life and death and living...with children

This book is a lovely way to discuss the life cycle with children and to encourage them to view living and growing old with spirit. Old Pig is a grandparent figure who celebrates life but one day does not get out of bed. He lets the young pig know it is his time to slow down and that life will go on and that his spirit will continue.

A story of life

Old Pig is the most touching story of life. I read it to my children, ages 3 and 4 years. My son, who is the older of the two, had questions about what it meant to lose someone you love. However, he quickly turned it around and spoke about life and how much fun it is share to it with others. Later that evening and for many evenings thereafter, I read Old Pig after they went to bed. It is indelibly etched it my heart.

This is a great book.

I stumbled upon this book at the public library and brought it home and read it to my 5 year old. This was the first book I was quite literally unable to read aloud. It was so touching and well written. It is one to own. Make sure you have lots of Kleenex on hand

One of the loveliest and most lilting books I've ever read

It was extremely gentle and loving and gave my daughter and I a chance to talk about how one prepares for death and the need to experience the joys we have before us.