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If You Give a Pig a Pancake (If You Give...)
When it comes to children's books, it's hard to beat the bestselling team of author Laura Numeroff and illustrator Felicia Bond for creative and captivating tales that are both fun and educational. They continue the tradition that began with such whimsical titles as If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and If You Give a Moose a Muffin with yet another tale of actions and consequen...more
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
April 11th 1998
by HarperCollins
(first published March 1st 1998)
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This is a story about a little girl who tries to satisfy the desires of a pig. The story begins when the little girl gives the pig a pancake and snowballs from there. Next, the pig wants syrup and then she gets sticky so she'll need a bath. The story goes on and on and eventually ends up where she [the pig] wants more pancakes, which leaves the reader feeling like it's a never-ending story. The illustrations by Felicia Bond present the little pig's actions fairly well, but the layout can be conf...more
Oct 24, 2012
Rosita
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Shelves:
5-7-years-old,
animal-knowledge,
beauty,
children,
colorful,
easy-to-read,
sequence-reading,
picture-book
I really enjoy reading this book, "If You Give a Pig a Pancake." It was so colorful illustration. I know that pig really felt good doing this or that just amazing excitement. When a young girl gives a pig a plate of pancake then the next thing the syrup, bath time, bubbles, duckie toy, and a visit to a farm. Tapping shoes are found, and then costumes with the music are placed to bring joy in the heart and personality. The music plays so enough the camera has been taken out for the pig to pose an...more
If you give a pig a pancake is an adorable little story. The alliteration of the titles that Laura uses always adds a nice touch. The illustrations are very active and colorful and keep the children captivated. The story line makes it easy for children to make predictions on what the pig will want or need next. Also the things that the pig needs in each situation lends itself to one-to-one correspondence. Over-all this book is a wonderful story for children! The only reason that this book gets a...more
“If You Give A Pig A Pancake” really brought back memories for me, I read it quite often when I was little. It was a quick read, and only took me about seven minutes to read. Any little kid would love the little girl and pig who get into all kinds of trouble. The end of the book is the best part, i like how the pig asks for syrup and the book starts all over again.
I recommend this book to any parents looking for a book for their kids who are just starting to read.
I recommend this book to any parents looking for a book for their kids who are just starting to read.
If You give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Joffe Numeroff was a cute book.It defiantely got my attention about how one thing can lead to another.It was in a silly way but the point got across to me.I enjoyed this book. This book is about if you give a pig a pancake she would want some syrup. She would get sticky and need to be cleaned up and this leads to a bubble bath. Ducks leads to her missing her home on a farm then in backyard in treehouse which leads to decorating it. Then she would put up wallp...more
This story is so familiar to the other popular ones by this author, but I still love it. "If You Give A Mouse A Cookie" was the original book of this mini series of animal fiction stories. The only thing that is different about this book is that instead of a mouse, the main character is a pig and instead of the mouse eating a cookie, the pig is eating a pancake. The pig takes on different adventures ranging from eating a pancake to wearing tap shoes to building a tree house. The pig continues to...more
The needy pig in If You Give a Pig a Pancake is always wanting something. She receives a pancake and then wants syrup. Then gets sticky, so she needs a bath. Then wants bubbles and a toy. The story continues until she gets sticky with paint at the end of the book, which reminds her of syrup, which then of course, means she'd like a pancake to go with it.
This book does a full turn-around. It's been one of my favorites for awhile and reading it again made me love it even more. It always keeps me g...more
This book does a full turn-around. It's been one of my favorites for awhile and reading it again made me love it even more. It always keeps me g...more
This enchanting story lives up to it's expectations following it's similar stories, like "If You Give A Mouse A Cookie." Although for the most part, this story follows the same format of the story with the mouse, it still remains unique and cute. The pig embarks on his own path of adventures ranging from eating a pancake to wearing tap shoes to building a tree house. All the while, the little girl the pig is intruding upon and bossing around, is doing everything the pig asks all the while cleani...more
If you give a pig a pancake, she’ll want some syrup to go with it, along with a whole lot of other things….
Bond’s illustrations are simple and cartoony, with thick black outlines and bright, sketchy colors leaving lots of white space. Generally there is one image per page, which keeps things simple for the reader, though there are plenty of background details to enjoy. There are only one to three lines of text per page, making this a great read aloud or learning-to-read opportunity.
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Bond’s illustrations are simple and cartoony, with thick black outlines and bright, sketchy colors leaving lots of white space. Generally there is one image per page, which keeps things simple for the reader, though there are plenty of background details to enjoy. There are only one to three lines of text per page, making this a great read aloud or learning-to-read opportunity.
The syntax of...more
I find this book and this author, very funny and children would love it too. I believe children could identify with the pig, who loves to create a mess and has many unfinished projects but loves pancakes and syrup. The illustration is eye-catching and comical and creates a very human-like animal on each page. What's so enjoyable about this author is how one things leads to another and another but lending it to a very busy and imaginery mind.
CREATIVE EXPERIENCE:
This is a good book to discuss abo...more
CREATIVE EXPERIENCE:
This is a good book to discuss abo...more
Very cute book. I can't say it is one of my favorites but of all the Laura Numeroff books, this was a family favorite. The patience the little girl has with her pig is a lesson to all parents when their child bounces around the house at a mile a minute, but I also enjoy the whimsical story line. We've all met a person that resembles the pig and her short attention span, this is a cute real life story set in a make believe way.
Learning Extension: How to make pancakes. Label popular pancake toppi...more
Learning Extension: How to make pancakes. Label popular pancake toppi...more
This is a fun, easy to read book. The illustrations are cute and cartoony. The premise of this story (and the entire "If You Give..." series) is cause and effect which allows for some very interactive story telling. By asking children questions about what they think will happen next it engages them and has them exercise their problem solving skills. Because there is an entire series of these books you could find one for just about any unit theme that you can think of ranging from different anima...more
Cute book, but less enriching than some others that may be better for a ~24 month old. This book deals with the whimsy of a pig and the girl dedicated to satisfying that every whim. The illustrations are great, and it scores ten stars for being simply adorable. I think that adults will understand the irony that culminates the book, but I can't see that being evident to toddlers. In fact, I think a child would have to be about three and a half to "get" this book, but, by three and a half, childre...more
The children’s book series by Laura Numeroff is one that is hard to top, in my opinion. They are entertaining as well as funny books to read. If You Give a Pig a Pancake was my personal favorite out of the series, but the other ones such as If You Give a Moose a Muffin and If You Give a Mouse a Cookie are just a well written, thought-out, and fun. The main idea of the story is that the pesky pig just keeps on wanting more stuff ever since you gave into him. He keeps asking for more things until...more
I think that this is a wonderful sequel. I love series that are so wonderful to read! I read this book when I was in the 1st grade and I still remember it til this day! I will read it to my kids and family. I think that people should really pay attention to these books. The pig is so cute and I understand about the pancakes! I loved pancakes when I was a kid and I still do! I think it's great that I found a book I could relate to so much. When you're a kid if you find a book that you can relate...more
The illustrations in this book were very detailed. I like that in this book there was always an expectation of something exciting about to happen next. The book was fun and is one that will keep children in suspense and guessing what happens next.
Learning activity:
After reading the story, in a small group, we will discuss the events of the story. We will discuss the letter "P" and words that begin with "P" from the book. I will let the children measure and mix the pancake batter and we will fill...more
Learning activity:
After reading the story, in a small group, we will discuss the events of the story. We will discuss the letter "P" and words that begin with "P" from the book. I will let the children measure and mix the pancake batter and we will fill...more
I remember this book as a child! This is a fun and exciting read for children because they are going to always wonder what is the pig going to ask for next, just like I did. I think that the pictures go along with the story very well and they are very funny because the pig is always getting into something she is not supposed to be getting into. While I was reading this story, it actually made me laugh at some parts. A great activity you could do in the classroom with your students would be to ch...more
It all starts when a young girl give a pesky little pig a pancake. The next thing you know, syrup, bath time, bubbles, toy ducks and a visit to a farm ensue. Tap shoes are found, and then costumes and music are required. Music plays and cameras come out resulting in many photos to be mailed off to friends. Passing the trees, a tree house needs to be built, which of course must be well appointed. This requires glue which reminds folks of being sticky which leads back to syrup and pancakes.
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I absolutely love these cause and effect books. The comical book If You give a Pig a Pancake is about a pig who absolutely loves pancakes, and after that he is going to need syrup along with it. After that he is going to need many other things. The girl in the story had no idea what she was in for. The children laugh at this story while taking away a true concept of cause and effect.
Extension: This is a pefect time for a pancake party. As a class make pancakes. Its a pefect way to see cause and...more
Extension: This is a pefect time for a pancake party. As a class make pancakes. Its a pefect way to see cause and...more
Illustrated by: Felicia Bond
Numeroff, L. (1998). If you give a pig a pancake. United States: A Laura Geringer Book.
Summary:
A little girl learns what happens when you give a pig a pancake. One thing leads to another as the pig realizes it wants something different each time. In the end, the story comes back around to the pig wanting a pancake and the little girl is exhausted. This is a fun story to read that can make a preschooler laugh. It goes along with the books “If you give a mouse a cookie”...more
Numeroff, L. (1998). If you give a pig a pancake. United States: A Laura Geringer Book.
Summary:
A little girl learns what happens when you give a pig a pancake. One thing leads to another as the pig realizes it wants something different each time. In the end, the story comes back around to the pig wanting a pancake and the little girl is exhausted. This is a fun story to read that can make a preschooler laugh. It goes along with the books “If you give a mouse a cookie”...more
My thoughts about this book were simple, because it is a simple book. Although it was an easy read it was still entertaining. If You Give a Pig a Pancake is mainly for younger readers, male or female. I would recommend this book to young male or female readers. They will gravitate easily to this book because of the little amount of reading and there are many pictures. I gave this book three stars because it was for much younger readers than myself. This book related to me as a child because the...more
I thought this was an okay book. It pretty much talks about a pig that was eating a pancake with syrup. The pig gets all sticky and takes a bath with a rubber duck. Having that rubber duck made the pig homesick making her do all kinds of crazy things. At the end after the pig built a tree house, she wanted more syrup, and if she wanted more syrup, that means she wants another pancake. The book gives out a good story for little kids. If you miss someone try finding other things to do to keep your...more
Laura Numeroff's books are such classics, and all the kids love them. The gently outrageous consequences that stem from a simple act: giving a mouse a cookie, a muffin to a moose or a pancake to a hungry pig - are sure to make any reader smile. The kids hung on every word and took in every colorful, detailed picture. They even giggled at most of them. They also knew what was coming so when we got to the last page, they all knew that the pig, in the end was going to ask for a pancake. After words...more
1. This book is a goos example of how a story can come back around to the beginning. It goes in a cirlular motion. Something happens at the start to get this going, then may events take place. At the end of the book, it all comes back around o the beginning of the book. It shows a different style of writing students may not be familiar with.
2. Because this is a different style of writing, a teacher couls have students come up with their own story that cirlces back to the beginning. The writing p...more
2. Because this is a different style of writing, a teacher couls have students come up with their own story that cirlces back to the beginning. The writing p...more
This book is one of many by Laura Numeroff. She does an amazing job at creating silly series of books about giving objects to an animal. This one is about a pig who is given a pancake. Of course she will want syrup to go with that, which leads to more things that she wants. As the pages turn you will unravel the different things that a pig will ask for all due to a single pancake. The illustrations are very well created. They incorporate alot of color and design, and also pictate the story for s...more
Aug 07, 2010
Heidi
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Shelves:
children-0-12,
craft-storytime-read,
craft-storytime-prep,
fiction,
fluff,
humor,
picture-books
I thought I had read this before, but perhaps I assumed I did knowing this was one of the Numeroff books (Moose, Cat, etc.) that keeps building. Yet it still seemed familiar when I browsed through it right before I read it in craft storytime. I'd had the book in mind for the first craft storytime, since there was a little Mom-and-Me joke from my vacation just a couple of weeks before. But I didn't fit in my theme (of sorts), so I saved it for the last one. And I used the big book, which is alway...more
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It is good to clean up the mess so our classroom can be clean. The book teaches on how we can decorate our rooms in other to make them beautiful. The girl is nice to the pig, so we too should be nice to our friends and make them happy. This book is age appropriate for pre- k and kindergarten children because they can read it by looking at the pictures.
Learning extensions: She plays music and everybody dance. Teacher takes pictures of children while they are doing activities and she puts their pi...more
Learning extensions: She plays music and everybody dance. Teacher takes pictures of children while they are doing activities and she puts their pi...more
If You Give a Pig a Pancake is about a sassy little pig who bosses the little girl around for a day. This story much like Laura Joffe Numeroff's other books for example, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, is about teaching to be patient and polite because no one likes to be bossed around for a day. This story opens young readers eyes to the cause and effect method. I think this would be a great book for anyone in first to third grade to do an assignment on and to highlight what the chain reactions ar...more
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Laura Joffe Numeroff is an American author of children's books. Numeroff originally wanted to be a writer, but decided to follow her older sister's footsteps and become a fashion designer instead. Laura attended Pratt Institute of Design but then decided to become a writer again and wrote her first book with only 4 rejections. - Wikipedia.
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grandmom (from long neck)
Mar 31, 2009 02:29pm