''Piggie Pie!'' is a children's picture book by

Margie Palatini Margie Palatini is the author of many popular books for young children. She was born in Edison, New Jersey, and today lives in nearby Plainfield, New Jersey. Margie is a graduate of the Moore College of Art and Design. According to her website, a ...

and illustrated by Howard Fine, published by Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Company. The book was followed up by 2 more squeals, ''Zoom Broom!'' (1998) and ''Broom Mates'' (2003) (both published by Hyperion Books for Children).

Plot

Gritch the Witch wants to make one of her favorite meals - piggie pie - but she lacks the crucial ingredients of piggies. Heading to

Old McDonald's Farm "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" (sometimes shortened to Old MacDonald) is a traditional children's song and nursery rhyme about a farmer and the various animals he keeps. Each verse of the song changes the name of the animal and its respective noise ...

she attempts to find some piggies, but is foiled when the pigs dress up as various barnyard creatures and even Old McDonald. Foiled, she stumbles upon the

Big Bad Wolf The Big Bad Wolf is a fictional wolf appearing in several cautionary tales that include some of ''Grimms' Fairy Tales.'' Versions of this character have appeared in numerous works, and it has become a generic archetype of a menacing predatory a ...

and the two head to Gritch's house each thinking they will eat the other for lunch.

Reception

Ann A. Flowers, of

Horn Book Magazine ''The Horn Book Magazine'', founded in Boston in 1924, is the oldest bimonthly magazine dedicated to reviewing children's literature. It began as a "suggestive purchase list" prepared by Bertha Mahony Miller and Elinor Whitney Field, proprietres ...

reviewed the book saying, "Extremely amusing and certain to be appreciated by young listeners of the more robust sort". Dawn Friedman, of Common Sense Media reviewed the book saying "With sly tributes to at least three popular kids stories (Wizard of Oz, Old MacDonald, and The Three Little Pigs), this is sure to be a popular read-aloud — and with adult help, kids can get in on the jokes, too". It was the 1998 winner of the Bill Martin Jr. Picture Book Award of the

Kansas Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the ...

Reading Association. ''Piggie Pie'' is ranked number 37 on the 2007

National Education Association The National Education Association (NEA) is the largest labor union in the United States. It represents public school teachers and other support personnel, faculty and staffers at colleges and universities, retired educators, and college stude ...

list of "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children."

Nominations & awards

*1998-1999 Buckaroo Book Award nominee *1998 Bill Martin Jr. Picture Book Award * 1998 Golden Sower Award nominee *1998 CRYM Award nominee *1997-1998 Black-Eyed Susan Book Award *1997-1998 Young Hoosier Award Nominee for K-3 *1997 Mockingbird Award Winner *1997 Kentucky Bluegrass Award *1997 Red Clover Award *1997 Colorado Children's Book Award Winner

References

External links

South Carolina Association of School Librarians 2008 suggested reading list
American picture books 1995 children's books Clarion Books books Children's books about pigs {{child-book-stub