Piggie Pie

Piggie Pie is a 1995 children's picture book by Margie Palatini.

Plot

Gritch the Witch wants to make some piggie pie, but her pantry has no pigs. So she searches for pigs to make into a pie. She goes to Old McDonald's farm, but she sees no pigs which makes her wonder where they are at.

Reception

Ann A. Flowers, of Horn Book Magazine reviewed the book saying, "Extremely amusing and certain to be appreciated by young listeners of the more robust sort".^[1] Dawn Friedman, of Common Sense Media reviewed the book saying "With sly tributes to at least three popular kids stories (Wizard of Oz, Old MacDonald, and The Three Little Pigs), this is sure to be a popular read-aloud — and with adult help, kids can get in on the jokes, too".^[2] Piggie Pie is ranked number 37 on the 2007 National Education Association list of "Educator's Top 100 Children's Books".^{[3] [4]} It was the 1998 winner of the Bill Martin Jr. Picture Book Award of the Kansas Reading Association.^[5]

Nominations & awards

• 1998-1999 Buckaroo Book Award nominee^[6]
• 1998 Bill Martin Jr. Picture Book Award^[5]
• 1998 Golden Sower Award nominee^[7]
• 1998 CRYM Award nominee^[8]
• 1997-1998 Black-Eyed Susan Book Award^[9]
• 1997-1998 Young Hoosier Award Nominee for K-3^[10]
• 1997 Mockingbird Award Winner^[11]
• 1997 Kentucky Bluegrass Award^[12]
• 1997 Red Clover Award^[13][14]
• 1997 Colorado Children's Book Award Winner^[15]

References

1. ^ Flowers, Ann A.. Horn Book Magazine, Mar/Apr96, Vol. 72 Issue 2, pp. 189-190, (Book Review)
2. ^ "Piggie Pie". Common Sense Media. http://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/Piggie-Pie.html. Retrieved 2008-09-22. 
3. ^ "Educators' Top 100 Children's Books". National Education Association. http://www.nea.org/readacross/resources/catalist.html. Retrieved 2008-09-22. ^{[dead link]}
4. ^ "NEA top 100 children's books of 2007". Massachusetts Libraries website. http://libraries.state.ma.us/pages/top100. Retrieved 2008-09-22. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "Bill Martin Jr. Picture Book Award". Kansas Reading Association. http://www.kansasread.org/Bill_Martin_Jr_Award.htm. Retrieved 2008-09-22. 
6. ^ "Buckaroo Book Award nominees". Campbell County Public Library System. http://ccpls.org/bookawards/buckaroo_dates.pdf. Retrieved 2008-09-22. 
7. ^ "Golden Sower Award nominees". Nebraska Library Association. http://www.nebraskalibraries.org/goldensower/winners/pastnominees.pdf. Retrieved 2008-09-22. 
8. ^ "California Young Reader Medal Award nominees". Palo Alto Unified School District. http://staff.pausd.org/~llosier/cyrm.html#1998. Retrieved 2008-09-22. ^{[dead link]}
9. ^ "Black-Eyed Susan Book Awards". Maryland Association of School Librarians. http://www.maslmd.org/awards_past_winners.php. Retrieved 2008-09-22. 
10. ^ "Young Hoosier Award Nominees for K-3". Middle Grades Reading Network. Archived from the original on 2009-10-23. http://web.archive.org/web/20091023141920/http://geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/8104/pzbooks/piggiepie.htm. Retrieved 2008-09-22. 
11. ^ "Mockingbird Award Winners". Abilene Public Library. http://www.abilenetx.com/APL/kids_mock.html. Retrieved 2008-09-22. 
12. ^ "Kentucky Bluegrass Awards". Eastern Kentucky University Libraries. http://kba.nku.edu/lists/winners.shtml. Retrieved 2008-09-22. 
13. ^ "Red Clover Award Winners". VERMONT CENTER FOR THE BOOK. http://www.mothergooseprograms.org/lit_red_clover_winners.php. Retrieved 2008-09-22. 
14. ^ "Red Clover Book Awards". Vernon Elementary School. http://vernonschool.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=57&Itemid=78. Retrieved 2008-09-22. ^{[dead link]}
15. ^ "Colorado Children's Book Award Winners". Fort Collins Regional Library District. http://fcgov.com/library/ccba.php. Retrieved 2008-09-22. 

External links

• NEA 2007 List of top 100 children's books
• Ohio Education Association use of the NEA Top 100 list
• Listed 99th overall in the Top 100 list for the 4 month period from November 1 1999 to February 1 2000
• South Carolina Association of School Librarians 2008 suggested reading list
• "Margie Palatini" (paragraph 1) "...the now perennial favorite Piggie Pie!, published in 1995..."

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