REVIEW: HAPPY NATIONAL WHEN PIGS FLY DAY (and National World Fun Fair Month)

​How appropriate that a pig holiday falls in the same month as a fair holiday, because today’s picture book recommendation is about a group of pigs who are building a road to reach the Hamshire County Fair:

​TITLE: PIGS DIG A ROAD
AUTHOR: Carrie Finison
ILLUSTRATOR: Brian Biggs
PUBLISHER: G.P. Putnam’s Sons/2024
OPENING LINES:

In her workshop, late one night,
Rosie plans by hard hat light--
a brand-new road from here to there,
to reach the Hamshire County Fair.
 
​She outlines,
calculates,
and yawns--
and prints her plans as daylight dawns.

This book has so much to appeal to young audiences and their grown-up readers! Children will pour over every detail of the pigs, other animals, and construction vehicles, adorably illustrated in Brian Biggs’ signature style. Grown-ups will appreciate the story’s themes of cooperation, perseverance, and resiliency. And everyone will love hearing the wordplay and rollicking rhyme pulled off with perfection by Carrie Finison. This great read aloud will have kids cheering on Rosie, Curly, Pinky, and Stinky, and begging you to read their story again and again.
 
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