Little Pink Pig

by Pat Hutchins

When it is time for bed, a little pink pig lags behind as his mother asks the horse, cow, sheep, and hens to help her find her child.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Animals, Fantasy

27 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1994

About the author

Pat Hutchins is an English illustrator and writer of children's books.

She won the 1974 Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject. The work was The Wind Blew, a picture book in rhyme which she also wrote. It shows how "a crowd of people anxiously chase their belongings" in the wind.

Reviews

[Becky B · Rating 3 out of 5]

Little Pink Pig should be headed for bed, but his mom can't find him and he doesn't hear each time she calls. Little Pink Pig's mother recruits the other farm animals to help her find Little Pink Pig so he can go to bed.

This was picked out by my four year old niece who loves animals and has a thing for farm animal stories. She seemed to like the story. It follows a pattern, includes animal noises, and along the way Little Pink Pig makes quite the mess which little readers should find funny. The pattern and repetition is good for kids building reading skills, and animal lovers should like all the barnyard animals.

[Janet]

A cumulative tale as Mother pig calls for Little Pink pig as it is time to go to bed. Little Pinl Pig never hears her as he falls into mishap after mishap. At last all the barnyard animals make Little Pink Pig hear them.

[Brigitte · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great use of repeated pattern sequences, in both text and visuals, with a predictable refrain that young children can join in to.

[Caroline Herfindahl]

It is time for bed but little pig and his mother keep missing each other so the other farmyard animals help momma pig in her search for little pig.

[Adam · Rating 5 out of 5]

(read aloud by himself at 4yo, no words missed)

[Addie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute. 3 year old liked it

[Erin Christian · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is about a mama pig trying to get her baby pig into bed. She keeps looking for him, but not hearing him when he calls her as he gets stuck underneath something. She gathers up other animals to help her find him to get him into bed. They all eventually find him.
This book was okay. It was boring, and extremely repetitive. This would be a book more for a younger age group. They would find it more interesting, and funny. I do love the illustrations.
This book will be going into my library for my little ones!

[June · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am surprised again about how well received this was in toddler time. Hutchins always seems to hit the right tone for young children. 11/4/11

I've used this in both farm & pig storytimes.

Too long for lap time. 11/7/12

Used in Lap Time because the other books I requested didn't come, and it went over okay this time.

[Gail · Rating 2 out of 5]

Why couldn't the pink pig hear the other animals? She was just feet away.

[Little Champs]

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