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Pig Has a Plan
Poor Pig! He just wants to take a nap, but his barnyard pals are making a terrible racket. Cow gabs on her cell phone, Cat pops balloons, and Hen saws. Pig hatches a plan to block all the noise. In a surprise ending, Pig learns that his friends have been planning a birthday party just for him. So much for napping! Hilarious illustrations, a fun story line, and an easily decodable text make for a real treat for new readers. An I Like to Read® book, Guided Reading Level B.
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First published August 1, 2012
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Ethan Long
174 books79 followersEthan Long is a popular, award-winning and internationally recognized children's book author and illustrator with over 70 children's books, a Theodor Seuss Geisel Award and an Emmy-nominated television series to his credit. Just about all of his awake time is spent writing stories, drawing pictures and spending time with his family. Since graduating from Ringling College of Art and Design in 1991, Ethan has never stopped evolving, challenging his creative approach with each new project while constantly honing his instantly identifiable style. Born and raised in Central Pennsylvania, his childhood memories serve as inspiration for many of his drawings and stories. He currently lives with his wife and three children in beautiful Orlando, Florida, USA and flip flops seamlessly between being a world famous children's book author and a stay-at-home dad.
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August 12, 2017
Pig has a plan and it's very simple--he's going to doze in the mud in blissful silence. However, that silence is broken by all his friends who are being VERY LOUD. This irritates, frustrates, and angers Pig. However, the reason they're being loud is that they are preparing a surprise birthday party for Pig. This is a paperback easy reader, written at guided reading level B. Finding books for this reading level is challenging, and finding fun books even more so. Beginning readers will enjoy pig's problem, and appreciate Ethan Long's bright and very expressive illustrations.
December 27, 2012
Oh, pig, just lighten up and join the party!
September 18, 2017
Great beginner reader book with an adorable predictable ending!
November 24, 2021
UPDATE 11/1/2021: Lily read this book all by herself! <3
Sometimes you just want people to leave you alone so you can nap. Pig finds a way, even with lots of commotion going on around him!
Sometimes you just want people to leave you alone so you can nap. Pig finds a way, even with lots of commotion going on around him!
January 30, 2019
(Beginning Readers) This book will work great for beginning readers because it has very little, but important words on each page. For example, each page contains sight words that beginning readers could see, like wants, nap to, pop, tap, hum, bop, and can. The book contains words that sound exactly like they look, no tricks or letters that make different sounds. Although students should not use pictures as crutches, a lot of the pictures support the sentence on the page. Also, each sentence has 4 words in it. Each sentence has “wants to” in between two sight words, making a pattern that early readers can pick up on. This book would be great to start readers off with, building their confidence and skills.
December 14, 2017
Long, Ethan. Pig Has a Plan, PICTURE BOOK. Holiday House, 2012. $3.99.
Pig really wants to take a nap, but all the other animals on the farm are making such a racket. He can’t get any rest with all their hammering, sawing, mixing, and popping. He decides to stick his head in the mud so he can sleep, just as the other animals are revealing a surprise birthday celebration just for him.
This is an early reader book with emphasis on sound and animal words. It’s done well enough considering that early reader books can sometimes be dull.
PRE-K, EL (K-3)- OPTIONAL. Reviewed by Shay, School Librarian
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Pig really wants to take a nap, but all the other animals on the farm are making such a racket. He can’t get any rest with all their hammering, sawing, mixing, and popping. He decides to stick his head in the mud so he can sleep, just as the other animals are revealing a surprise birthday celebration just for him.
This is an early reader book with emphasis on sound and animal words. It’s done well enough considering that early reader books can sometimes be dull.
PRE-K, EL (K-3)- OPTIONAL. Reviewed by Shay, School Librarian
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February 9, 2019
Pig has a plan to take a nap, but animal friends are busing doing something which interrupts pig’s plan. It turns out that the friends prepare a surprise party for Pig.
The story is simple and short but must be suitable for young children, beginning readers, and English language learners to learn a language. The recursive and expected sentences would provide children to guess action words such as pop, hum, and sip. Illustrations were done with bright colors which increase vibrant moods of the animals who prepare for a birthday party of Pig.
The story is simple and short but must be suitable for young children, beginning readers, and English language learners to learn a language. The recursive and expected sentences would provide children to guess action words such as pop, hum, and sip. Illustrations were done with bright colors which increase vibrant moods of the animals who prepare for a birthday party of Pig.
August 19, 2017
Beginning readers will enjoy watching Pig in action in this short but humorous book. All he wants to do is take a nap, but the rest of the animals are so noisy that doing so is impossible. As they make preparations to surprise him with a birthday party, he puts together a device that allows him to block out the noise and still breathe while hidden in his mud puddle. Clearly, Pig cares more about resting than partying.
May 4, 2017
My initial reaction to this book was that it was an easy read, though a bit dull. But then I noticed that burgers are being served at this birthday party for farm animals, with cows in attendance. That's pretty ed up, dude.
Don't be fooled by the bright colors and simple language. This is a dark and disturbing book. Not for children.
Don't be fooled by the bright colors and simple language. This is a dark and disturbing book. Not for children.
February 7, 2018
Beginning Reader
Pig really wants to nap but the rest of his barnyard friends are loudly working on various projects. He finally finds a way to get some sleep when they surprise him with a birthday party.
Pig really wants to nap but the rest of his barnyard friends are loudly working on various projects. He finally finds a way to get some sleep when they surprise him with a birthday party.
October 11, 2023
I love the I like to read books. They’re so fun and make reading engaging for early readers. Pig wants to take a nap (I can relate) but all his friends want to be noisy. What happens at the end is a fun surprise for pig.
December 7, 2017
Oh, Pig, I have SO been there when I am wanting a nap; I feel your frustration.
March 30, 2019
Simple, but pig makes little ones laugh.
May 21, 2019
Pig wants to nap, but his friends have other ideas. This cute book is perfect for the earliest readers, filled with CVC words and a few simple sight words, this is a great first read.
February 15, 2020
Early reader book about a pig who just wants to take a nap and his farmyard friends who throw the least considerate surprise party ever.
August 28, 2020
A perfect learn-to-read book with repetitive structure that pairs well with the illustrations to tell a story. Simultaneously humourous and sweet.
September 12, 2021
I found this early reader book to be really boring. My kids weren’t very entertained by it either.
June 3, 2024
This was a very sweet short story.
September 17, 2025
Pig is so tired he wants to have a nap, but there is so much activity going on among the other farm animals that he can’t sleep. When Pug finally figures out a way to nap, the reader finds out what all the other animals were up to. Funny story and illustrations.
March 6, 2013
In Pig Has a Plan by Ethan Long, Pig just wants to nap, but his freinds are being too noisy. But why?
Long's colorful, humorous illustrations were created with Black Prismacolor colored pencils on a bristol board and colored digitally on a Mac. While much of the action is described, some preparations are only shown in the pictures, as with the sheep. The actions of the cat had me in hysterics, while the cow's gab fest is hilarious. Animals shown include pig, fly, hen, cow, mice, cat, dog, rat, hog, sheep, & pup. My favorite images are endpapers, gab, pop, mix, hum, sip, plan and last two pictures.
I feel exactly like Pig concerning noise, so that concept really connnected with me. I have to give Long huge credit for making me laugh out loud every time I read this. The cartoon-like characters are perfect in this cumulative tale, which is excellent for beginning readers, having just 26 mostly short, simple words. The well conceived humor is developed from the illustrations and pig's increasing frustration with the noise. The surprise, for pig and some readers, at the end, is satisfying for all, and worth celebrating. A great storytime choice, with many noises to repeat, this is highly recommended for school and public library collections.
For ages 2 to 6, animals, cumulative, farm, predicting, birthday, beginning reader, naps, noise, humor, surprise, and fans of Ethan Long.
Long's colorful, humorous illustrations were created with Black Prismacolor colored pencils on a bristol board and colored digitally on a Mac. While much of the action is described, some preparations are only shown in the pictures, as with the sheep. The actions of the cat had me in hysterics, while the cow's gab fest is hilarious. Animals shown include pig, fly, hen, cow, mice, cat, dog, rat, hog, sheep, & pup. My favorite images are endpapers, gab, pop, mix, hum, sip, plan and last two pictures.
I feel exactly like Pig concerning noise, so that concept really connnected with me. I have to give Long huge credit for making me laugh out loud every time I read this. The cartoon-like characters are perfect in this cumulative tale, which is excellent for beginning readers, having just 26 mostly short, simple words. The well conceived humor is developed from the illustrations and pig's increasing frustration with the noise. The surprise, for pig and some readers, at the end, is satisfying for all, and worth celebrating. A great storytime choice, with many noises to repeat, this is highly recommended for school and public library collections.
For ages 2 to 6, animals, cumulative, farm, predicting, birthday, beginning reader, naps, noise, humor, surprise, and fans of Ethan Long.
September 25, 2018
Very simple text. One 4-word sentence on each double page. Lots of repetition. Each one has a different farm animal doing a different activity. The animals are humanized in a cartoonish way. Excellent for the youngest children.
July 16, 2013
Pig wants to take a nice long nap. But all the other animals in the barnyard are making loads of noise. Eventually pig figures out just how he can take a nap…only to discover that the noise was all for one very good purpose. This is yet another great book by Ethan Long. With the simple words and large, clear text young readers will enjoy learning how to read using this book. Also, the illustrations are just super humorous. The pig’s frustrated expression gets more and more desperate as the story progresses. The small details in the other animals will bring about giggles. (Seriously, a rat is using a hand mixer while a dog has scuba-like goggles on while hammering together a picnic bench. And someone should seriously pay attention to the cow talking on the phone while writing in a notepad while tight-rope walking on a fence post.) Readers and their grownups will appreciate the sophisticated story disguised in a few words and whimsical expressions. This is one to be read over and over again.
June 11, 2014
All Pig wants to do is take a nap, but everyone else on the farm is making too much noise. When Pig comes up with a unique solution to his problem, all of his farm friends surprise him. Wonderfully vibrant illustrations and simple text make this a great emergent reader. Young readers will come back again and again to show their succesful accomplishment in reading this book.
This title is recommended for kindergarten, or children between the ages of 4 - 8. It is leveled at the lowest level - B based on the Fountas and Pinnell Guided Reading Level and focuses on reading standards for Literature and Foundational Skills in the English Language Arts Common Core Standards for kindergarten through second grade.
This title is recommended for kindergarten, or children between the ages of 4 - 8. It is leveled at the lowest level - B based on the Fountas and Pinnell Guided Reading Level and focuses on reading standards for Literature and Foundational Skills in the English Language Arts Common Core Standards for kindergarten through second grade.
September 5, 2012
All the farm animals are busy doing noisy activities while Pig just wants some peace and quiet so he can take a nap. In the end, Pig devises a simple tool to allow him to breathe under the mud and get the rest he needs, but he's in for a surprise. A surprise birthday party that is! A very simple easy reader title in which the pictures very closely match the text. Yooung readers will gain confidence and skills on a title like this one and pre-readers will be able to tell the story by looking at the pictures.
October 14, 2013
This book was a short simple book, but I did enjoy reading it. I enjoyed how the author related each of the farm animals to a sound that they were doing, each of the sounds well represented each of the animals. While reading this book, I could imagine myself as the pig since we all love our naps and when we can't nap its very frustrating! The book ends with the pig finally solving his problem until he is woken up by his fellow friends that all along were throwing him a surprise birthday party. Cute fun story that I recommend!
September 17, 2013
The I Can Read series published by Holiday House are picture book sized beginner readers. Pig Has a Plan has four word sentences per each two page spread with site words repeated through the book to create a humorous story. The illustrations are bright and cartoonish. Other books in the I Can Read series move readers as abilities increase. I recommend checking out the I Can Read series for your beginner reader.
October 14, 2013
"Pig Has a Plan" is a goofy book to read to young ones. It is about a pig who wants to sleep and all the other animals are on the farm are making noise. Finally when the pig comes up with a plan to sleep, they all shout "Happy Birthday Pig!" and pig is sleeping. This is such a cute book explaining how everything happens for a reason, and if things don't go our way, they will still work out somehow. This was such a fun book on a bad day, I give it 5 stars for bringing my mood up!
October 17, 2013
To me, Pig has a Plan can be for children around the ages of 3-4. This was mostly a picture book with little writing, which made for very easy reading. Pig Has A Plan was just about farm animals making too much noise for the pigs birthday party, so consequently the pig was unable to take his nap. This book has many details to point out when reading to a child. Also whoever is reading to the child can ask simple questions about what is going on in each picture.
July 11, 2013
This I Like to Read book builds a hilarious story of a pig who longs for a nap and keeps getting interrupted by the sounds of what he will learn was his friends preparing a surprise birthday party for him. Great for storytime for the younger set.
July 31, 2012
One book, so many Toddler Time themes! Can be used for Toddler Times about pigs, farm animals, noise, naps and birthdays. :-D
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