Baby Pig Pig Talks

by David McPhail

Overview

David McPhail takes readers back in time to when Pig Pig, star of the popular picture-book series, was a baby. Baby Pig Pig tries to copy his mother's speech as she points out the animals and objects around them, but nothing he says seems to come out right. What will Baby Pig Pig's first real word be?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781607347408
Publisher:	Charlesbridge
Publication date:	08/26/2014
Sold by:	Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format:	eBook
Pages:	14
File size:	13 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	3 Months to 3 Years

About the Author

David McPhail is the acclaimed author and illustrator of more than one hundred and fifty books, including Henry Bear's Park (Atheneum), Mole Music (Holt), and the beloved Pig Pig series (Dutton). He lives in Rye, New Hampshire.

Read an Excerpt

Baby Pig Pig was learning to talk.
His mother was helping him.
Mama: Cat.
Baby Pig Pig: Bluba.
Cat: Meow!

Editorial Reviews

★ 08/11/2014
McPhail’s picture book hero Pig Pig is back—as a baby. As his mother pushes him around in his stroller, she introduces words for things they see. When she singles out a cat, “Duba” is Baby Pig Pig’s response. “Snake,” she says, pointing at one (from atop a park bench). “Hissa,” Baby Pig Pig replies. The arrival of an affectionate dog finally prompts Baby Pig Pig to say his first “real” word, “Mama.” McPhail’s watercolors exude warmth and quiet humor, and the aural sources for many of Baby Pig Pig’s words (“Dinga” for tricycle, “Quacka” for duck) hint at how the gears are turning in his young porcine brain. Simultaneously available: Baby Pig Pig Walks. Up to age 3. Agent: Faith Hamlin, Sanford J. Greenburger Associates. (Aug.)

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