Eleven Cats and a Pig

by Noboru Baba

Eleven cats and a pig contend for possession of an abandoned house, as well as a new house which they build together.

Genres: Picture Books

48 pages, Library Binding

First published December 1, 1988

Reviews

[Margaret]

Ok, the Eleven Cats series is a tad weird. Eleven cats find a house that is in disarray. They spend the night and decide to clean it up. They like it so much they decide to live there. Pig comes by and wonders where his uncle's house is--it was nearby. The cats play dumb and say this is their house. Pig begins to build his own house, and the cats decide to help him. They then decide that house is better and they move into THAT house. Pig moves into the other house, really his uncle's house. Then a storm comes and ruins the newly built house and the cats are blown away with the storm. The End.

OK. Cats clean up old house. Cats lie to Pig. Cats help out Pig when he needs help. Cats steal the new house, too. Cats get blown away in storm. Confusing lesson here. Maybe it's interesting to read to one child. Not sure I'd read it to a group.

[Diana Ilhuicatzi]

bello! tenero e con colori cosi vivaci, dove andremo a finire? (questo libro ha anche una chiave politica molto chiara....+ l'ho letto un giorno da tanja che esperienza!)