20 Hungry Piggies: A Number Book

Math Is Fun!

by Trudy Harris

Nearly everyone has heard about the little piggy that went to the market and the one that stayed home-but there's a lot more to the story! 20 Hungry Piggies completes the tale while, unbeknownst to the reader, teaching an important math concept at the same time. There are many counting books that deal with cardinal numbers (1,2,3,etc), but this book teaches ordinal numbers as well-an important part of the kindergarten math curriculum. As an added bonus, children will have a great time trying to find the hidden wolf and hidden numbers in each spread.

Genres: Picture Books, Mathematics, Counting, Childrens, Storytime, Number

32 pages, Library Binding

First published December 27, 2006

About the author

Trudy Harris, RN, is the New York Times bestselling author of Glimpses of Heaven and More Glimpses of Heaven, a former hospice nurse, and former president of the Hospice Foundation for Caring. Since retirement, Harris remains active in connecting the need

Reviews

[Jo Oehrlein · Rating 3 out of 5]

A counting book that uses the ordinal numbers (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.).

It goes 1st through 20th.

On each page, you have the word (third) and the piggy is labeled with the corresponding cardinal number (3).

It starts like the nursery rhyme (like "This little piggy went to market....") and gets to something almost like the 3 Little Pigs before the pigs triumph.

[Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

My 3yo loved this book. It was a rhyme so it read aloud easily. It featured ordinal and cardinal numbers in a fun way. The big bad wolf is hidden on each spread as well a the cardinal number for each piggy. My 5, 7, and 9 yo found the search and find element of the book entertaining. All in all a book that stretched a few ages, taught them something and made them giggle.

[Misbah · Rating 4 out of 5]

This a number book that adults will enjoy reading with children. Its funny and has a nice twist in the story towards the end.


SPOILERS

I cracked up at the last image where the wolf is sitting with a vegetarian cookbook. Lol!

[Kathleen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Welcome to the Piggy Party. So many hungry piggies. And one hungry wolf. A decent enough counting books but not one to read again and again.

[James · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very basic counting up to 20 book. What's fun is that it has the wolf hiding on each page!

[Camille · Rating 5 out of 5]

What an awesome counting book! My 6 year old loved the fact that the wolf got beat up! The pigs win! 🐷🐺❤️💙🎊👍🏾

[Kathryn · Rating 4 out of 5]

A mix between This Little Piggie and The Three Little Pigs, this is super cute. All the different jobs the pigs complete have a purpose and are helpful. The way they get the wolf is just perfect.

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jill really enjoyed this book. She liked looking for the numbers on each page (they were incorporated in the pigs' clothing in different ways) and for the wolf (he, part of him, or his shadow was on each page). It was an interesting way to introduce the other kind of number. (I'm sure it has a title, but I can't remember it. So, this novel had first, second, third, fourth, fifth, etc. instead of one, two, three, four, five, etc.) Ordinal numbers? The regular ones are called cardinal numbers, I think. Anyway, Jill enjoyed this story a lot. The poor wolf becomes a vegetarian at the end. The author did a really cute job of turning the "first little piggie went to the market" rhyme into a full story.

[Melissa Martin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed reading 20 Hungry Piggies. I thought it was a fun, enjoyable book that also taught counting. I thought it was interesting that it played on the five little piggies. The illustrations are beautiful. I thought it was clever of the illustrator Andrew N. Harris to hide numbers on the pages. It turns the book into a fun hide and seek game. I had a unique and wonderful opportunity of being taught by the author Trudy Harris this semester at BYU-Idaho. She taught Children's Literature, and her son came and taught one day. We got to talk with him about being an illustrator and he told us about this book. I think this is a book that an child who is learning to count should have. It would make it fun and enjoyable.

[Ashlynn Johnson · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a great continuation of "5 Little Piggies". It's such a great way to teach children how to count, especially with a rhyme. Things are a lot easier to learn when you have a rhyme to go with them. The only thing that bothered me about the book was the wolf talking about eating them, maybe that went a little too far, having them line up to be eaten and everything. But overall it was a really great book. I loved the style and the hidden wolf in every picture!

[The Library Lady · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lot going on here but it works. There's the "this little piggie" rhyme expanded to 20 pigs, with pretty good rhymes. There's the Big Bad Wolf hiding in each spread. There's a number matching the number on each pig's shirt to look for on each page as well.And there's a story, with a scary moment or two from the wolf and a happy ending all around. Fun for older pre-schoolers.

[Jenny · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thought this was a cute, funny book. Clever numbers book with a fun twist on the pigs and the wolf. Especially liked the last page with the wolf reading a book about being a vegetartian, with the veggies sitting next to him. Was amused to see that it was written by BYU graduate, which is where I attended college.

[Sheri · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good book for teaching the numbers and math. Read it for the structure in writing math concept
picture books. Liked the story and that the author is a classroom teacher as I am. Math concept
story and pictures by her son.

[Julianna · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was really cute and I thought it had a fun idea, as well as great illustrations. It would be fun to read with a kid and help them see and recognize the numbers on each pig and see if they notice the uninvited guest watching the pigs get ready for their meal. Cute, fun, and interactive.

[Cindy · Rating 2 out of 5]

"The wolf from ''The Three Little Pigs'' shows up at a party attended by lots of piggies, but his plans for dinner are disrupted by the pigs from ''This Little Piggy Went to Market.""Amazon
Theme: ordinal numbers, pigs, counting forwards
Library use: Ordinal numbers

[Kari · Rating 4 out of 5]

My 3 year old LOVED this book and asked for it to be read over and over.

[Jennifer Ho · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really enjoyed this book and found it cute to teach children about numbers while they remember the mother goose nursery rhyme, "This little piggy..."

[Morgan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Would be fun to accompany other This Little Piggy books.

[Susan Klemetti · Rating 3 out of 5]

The best part of this counting book was finding the big bad wolf hiding in each scene.

[Abby Clark · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good book to read for young children. It is a cute story, that expands on the average 10 little piggies story. The story is cute!

[Nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent twist on the 3 little pigs that make counting fun.