Pigs Might Fly!

Jets #52

by Michael Morpurgo, Shoo Rayner (Illustrations)

Join the fun on the farm! A charming story from award-winning author Michael Morpurgo, hilariously illustrated throughout by Shoo Rayner, and perfect for readers of 5 and up. Two funny farmyard stories for younger readers. Jigger’s Day Off
“Time has come for harvest, Jigger. So I shan’t be needing you all day. It’s your day off, my dear.” Jigger the sheepdog has just one day off a year. Just one day to chase all those little animals hiding in the corn. But even the best plans go wrong… And Pigs Might Fly!
“Flying was not nearly as easy as it looked. Pintsize stood up on his back trotters and flapped his front ones – trotters, he thought, would do just as well as wings.” It’s a long hot summer, and Pintsize the piglet wonders if it might be cooler in the sky. But when he tries to fly, he annoys just about everyone. It’s time he learned his lesson…

Genres: Childrens, Humor

144 pages, Paperback

First published October 10, 1991

About the author

Sir Michael Andrew Morpurgo, OBE, FRSL is the author of many books for children, five of which have been made into films. He also writes his own screenplays and libretti for opera. Born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, in 1943, he was evacuated to Cumberland during the last years of the Second World War, then returned to London, moving later to Essex. After a brief and unsuccessful spell in the army, he took up teaching and started to write. He left teaching after ten years in order to set up 'Farms for City Children' with his wife. They have three farms in Devon, Wales and Gloucestershire, open to inner city school children who come to stay and work with the animals. In 1999 this work was publicly recognised when he and his wife were invested a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to youth. In 2003, he was advanced to an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). He became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL) in 2004. He was knighted in the 2018 for his services to literature and charity. He is also a father and grandfather, so children have always played a large part in his life. Every year he and his family spend time in the Scilly Isles, the setting for three of his books.

Reviews

[Mikayla · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great quick children's book that would be great before bed. It's funny, sweet and think plenty of kids would love it.

[Ije · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is set on Mudpuddle Farm and it’s about the animals on the farm. The main character is a piglet called pintsize who is quite rebellious. It is a hot sunny day and there has been no rain for a while; upon overhearing a conversation between the farmer and the neighbouring farmer talking about the lack of rain, in which the farmer utters the age old phrase ‘pigs might fly’ ignites pintsize desire to fly and sets him on an adventure to learn to do this.

This is a humorous story with a lesson behind it, in which piglets discovers that flying is not as easy as it looks. This book can be used to discuss phrases, weather and the importance of being content with you or what you are. I would recommend this book for year 1 or year 2, though I enjoyed listening to my 6 year old reading it to me.

[Ceridwen Irwin · Rating 5 out of 5]

it was a very fun story to read. I enjoyed it lots and I would read it again even if I was 20, it is very funny and the pigs are very cute.

[TheoR · Rating 2 out of 5]

The naughtiest pig in the world is Pintsize and the wisest goose is Albertine. Pintsize would have learned flying is dangerous for him. The pictures of this book is nice.

[Janyne Kemp · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love the illustration in this book. It's super cute and fun, and I always love a michael morpurgo book

[Ludmila · Rating 4 out of 5]

Funny, have read it plentiful as a kid😅