Amanda Pig on Her Own

Oliver and Amanda Pig #9

by Jean Van Leeuwen, Ann Schweninger (Illustrator)

When her brother goes off to school, Amanda finds new things to do, including ballet dancing, cleaning her room, and making a very sad, mad day go away, with the help of hugs from Mother Pig.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Animals

48 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Jean Van Leeuwen was an American children's book author, of over forty children's books, including the Oliver Pig series, and Bound for Oregon.

Reviews

[Jamie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amanda Pig on Her Own contains four short stories about Amanda Pig. In the first story, she has to entertain herself while her brother is at school. In the second story, Amanda has to deal with being sick and staying in bed all day. The other two stories teach Amanda some lessons about picking up after herself and how to cope with a bad day.
The illustrations make the reader grow attached to the characters. This is a wonderful transitional reader because the reader cannot rely entirely on the pictures to get the story. The pictures do help tell the story, but the words have to be read.
Kindergarten through second grade children who know how to read but still need some help with it will love this book. This book also covers topics that this age group experiences, which will help the readers with their own problems in life.

[Kaethe · Rating 2 out of 5]

Eh. Amanda Pig was merely okay. Not as appealing a pig as Poppleton, Mercy Watson Fights Crime, Olivia, There Is a Bird on Your Head!, or .Charlotte's Web. There are better pigs, is what I'm saying.

[Cathy · Rating 5 out of 5]

My youngest child wanted to read books about Mother's Day and I chose this one, although she's probably too old for it. I like how the mother helps Amanda through the "mad, sad day," and the other stories in here are cute as well. I got this book for my middle child when the oldest started school, because that is the situation in this book, when the younger child (Amanda) needed to learn to entertain herself while her big brother (Oliver) was at school.

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a fun book of four stories about a little pig named Amanda. The narrative is okay for beginning readers, but since Amanda is too young to go to school, it's probably more appropriate for parents to read to their younger children. The stories are fun, especially for little girls, and show the young pig being creative, nurturing, naughty and bored.

[Theresa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another cute book. Amanda misses her brother who has gone to school, is "sick", makes a big mess, and has a mad/sad day. Her sympathetic mother helps her through it all. Enjoying these Amanda books.

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Her big brother Oliver goes off to school, so Amanda must stay home and amuse herself.

[J. · Rating 4 out of 5]

AR Quiz No. 9251 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 0.5