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The Old Woman and Her Pig: An Old English Tale
In a new version of the rhythmic English story, an old woman buys a little piggy, but the obstinate piggy will not budge until a cat helps the woman get the piggy to go over the stile.
32 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1993
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November 25, 2018
A very repetitive story, but cute. My grandmother used to read me this story when I was very small, so it has quite a lot of sentimental value to me as well. And bless her for reading through all of those repetitions over and over and over again!
September 16, 2018
Cute, repetitive folktale.
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July 9, 2019This cumulative tale is bit long and complicated but is still a funny old English tale about what an old woman has to go through to get her pig over the stile so they can get home.
September 9, 2025
Lovely art work with a story kids will enjoy.
April 24, 2020
What a FUN book! Loved reading it again.
April 9, 2020: This is another book I have added to my ancestor heritage folktale collection. What a DELIGHTFUL story. Love the illustrations!
April 9, 2020: This is another book I have added to my ancestor heritage folktale collection. What a DELIGHTFUL story. Love the illustrations!
November 18, 2012
The Old Woman and Her Pig by Rosanne Litzinger (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers 1993). 28p. Traditional Literature.
Summary: This is a fun story about a woman who goes to buy a pig but on the way home the pig wouldn’t go over a stile. So she calls for help and ends up having a long list of things that are trying to help.
Critique:
a. This is a fun book that uses repetition to tell a story.
b. After the woman buys a pig, it won’t jump over the stile so she decides she will first get help from a dog. But when he won’t help her she is forced to ask for help from something else, and the list keeps on going. Every page someone or something else gets involved but finally at the end everything works out and there is a happy ending.
c. For example when the dog wouldn’t help her she then calls on a stick, “Stick! Stick! Poke dog; dog won’t nip pig; piggy won’t jump over the stile; and I shan’t get home tonight. But the stick wouldn’t” (5). By the end of the book there becomes a long list of things that are involved.
Curriculum Connection: This is a fun book that children would like. It is a good book that repeats what is happening in steps to the students. It would be fun for the students to try and remember what goes next. The repetition will also help the students learn the words if they don’t know them.
Summary: This is a fun story about a woman who goes to buy a pig but on the way home the pig wouldn’t go over a stile. So she calls for help and ends up having a long list of things that are trying to help.
Critique:
a. This is a fun book that uses repetition to tell a story.
b. After the woman buys a pig, it won’t jump over the stile so she decides she will first get help from a dog. But when he won’t help her she is forced to ask for help from something else, and the list keeps on going. Every page someone or something else gets involved but finally at the end everything works out and there is a happy ending.
c. For example when the dog wouldn’t help her she then calls on a stick, “Stick! Stick! Poke dog; dog won’t nip pig; piggy won’t jump over the stile; and I shan’t get home tonight. But the stick wouldn’t” (5). By the end of the book there becomes a long list of things that are involved.
Curriculum Connection: This is a fun book that children would like. It is a good book that repeats what is happening in steps to the students. It would be fun for the students to try and remember what goes next. The repetition will also help the students learn the words if they don’t know them.
August 11, 2014
Not the greatest storyline, but it could be a positive example of cause and effect relationships.
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