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Jillian Jiggs
A Treasury of Jillian Jiggs
All five best-selling Jillian Jiggs books, now in one oversized treasury, perfect for gift-giving! "Jillian, Jillian, Jillian Jiggs, it looks like your room has been lived in by pigs!" Every Canadian kid knows Jillian Jiggs , as well as its The Wonderful Pigs of Jillian Jiggs , Jillian Jiggs to the Rescue , Jillian Jiggs and the Secret Surprise , and Jillian Jiggs and the Great Big Snow . Now all five best-selling volumes are collected into this oversized treasury, including instructions for making your own wonderful pig and the complete stageplay, "The Chicken Princess."
200 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2008
About the author
Phoebe Gilman
34 books52 followersWhat can I tell you about myself? I like to make up stories and draw pictures. I like to go ice skating, to the movies and I love reading books.
I was born and grew up in the Bronx, New York. My Mother loved to read so it was only natural that my brothers and I got our own library cards as soon as we were able to print our names. My favorite books were fairy tales. When the pictures didn't match the images that the words had painted in my head, I would cover them up with my hands. I still do that.
I prefer the words to the pictures, which is a little odd since I think of myself as an artist rather than a writer. All of my formal training has been in art. I went to The High School of Art and Design. From there, it was a short skip and a jump over to The Art Student's League, after a brief detour to Hunter College. I spent fifteen years at the Ontario College of Art, teaching others how to draw and paint. It still surprises me to be called a writer.
As soon as I was able, I started to travel. I like meeting new faces and going to new places. One of the nice things about being an artist is that it is a very portable profession. I have lived for extended periods of time in both Europe and Israel.
Shortly after coming to Canada in 1972, I met and married Brian Bender. We have three children, Ingrid, Jason and Melissa, two granddaughters, Ariana and Emily and a cat, Minoo.
It was because of my daughter, Ingrid, that I became an author. When her balloon burst on a tree branch, I wished the tree would magically sprout balloons. It didn't...what sprouted was an idea in my head. Why not write a story about a tree that blossoms balloons? And that's how I came to write my first book, The Balloon Tree.
It is not how I came to be published. That took fifteen years and umpty zillion rejection slips to accomplish.
My advice to any aspiring author is:
•Get a balloon and let it go.
•Read. Read. READ!
•Write. Write. WRITE! (To do anything well takes practice.)
•Don't give up. Keep on trying.
•Don't be afraid of criticism. Learn from it.
From the author's website
I was born and grew up in the Bronx, New York. My Mother loved to read so it was only natural that my brothers and I got our own library cards as soon as we were able to print our names. My favorite books were fairy tales. When the pictures didn't match the images that the words had painted in my head, I would cover them up with my hands. I still do that.
I prefer the words to the pictures, which is a little odd since I think of myself as an artist rather than a writer. All of my formal training has been in art. I went to The High School of Art and Design. From there, it was a short skip and a jump over to The Art Student's League, after a brief detour to Hunter College. I spent fifteen years at the Ontario College of Art, teaching others how to draw and paint. It still surprises me to be called a writer.
As soon as I was able, I started to travel. I like meeting new faces and going to new places. One of the nice things about being an artist is that it is a very portable profession. I have lived for extended periods of time in both Europe and Israel.
Shortly after coming to Canada in 1972, I met and married Brian Bender. We have three children, Ingrid, Jason and Melissa, two granddaughters, Ariana and Emily and a cat, Minoo.
It was because of my daughter, Ingrid, that I became an author. When her balloon burst on a tree branch, I wished the tree would magically sprout balloons. It didn't...what sprouted was an idea in my head. Why not write a story about a tree that blossoms balloons? And that's how I came to write my first book, The Balloon Tree.
It is not how I came to be published. That took fifteen years and umpty zillion rejection slips to accomplish.
My advice to any aspiring author is:
•Get a balloon and let it go.
•Read. Read. READ!
•Write. Write. WRITE! (To do anything well takes practice.)
•Don't give up. Keep on trying.
•Don't be afraid of criticism. Learn from it.
From the author's website
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October 5, 2023
Literally my favorite book as a kid 🥲
June 24, 2022
This book has all of the Jillian Jiggs books in one collection. We had only read two before, which were two of our favorites. We really enjoyed reading all of them. Jillian Jiggs to the Rescue is my favorite. The secret surprise seems to be our least favorite.
January 1, 2009
Jillian Jiggs has been a long time favourite in our house. I can still hear the kids “Jillian, Jillian, Jillian Jiggs! It looks like your room has been lived in by pigs.” This was my girls’ favourite line. They’d repeat it like a chant over and over again. Then, they’d laugh hysterically when I ask them to clean up their own rooms.
Needless to say, I was thrilled when I saw A Treasury of Jillian Jiggs. This anthology includes Jillian Jiggs, The Wonderful Pigs of Jillian Jiggs, Jillian Jiggs to the Rescue, Jillian Jiggs and the Secret Surprise, and Jillian Jiggs and the Great Big Snow. Now the next generation can enjoy all the antics of Jillian Jiggs.
Needless to say, I was thrilled when I saw A Treasury of Jillian Jiggs. This anthology includes Jillian Jiggs, The Wonderful Pigs of Jillian Jiggs, Jillian Jiggs to the Rescue, Jillian Jiggs and the Secret Surprise, and Jillian Jiggs and the Great Big Snow. Now the next generation can enjoy all the antics of Jillian Jiggs.
March 7, 2013
I thought we'd do one of the books at a time, but the kids insisted we read them all in one sitting, and then were quoting the book the rest of the day.
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