Piggie Pie!

Brief Description: "A very contemporary-sounding Gritch the Witch sets out for Old MacDonald's Farm to get herself a meal of plump piggies. Alerted, however, by her skywritten 'Surrender, Piggies!', the swine hastily don sheep, cow, and other barnyard disguises to fool her with their good acting and poker-face denials of any pigs in residence"--"School Library Journal". Full color. Brief Description: Gritch the witch flies to Old MacDonald's farm for some pigs to make a piggie pie, but when she arrives she can't find a single porker. Review Quotes: "This is definitely not your run-of-the-mill Halloween picture book, even though Gritch the Witch certainly looks her part (though a bit more trendy), with a pointy hat, a gap-toothed grin, vicious green fingernails, and two beauteous moles on her face. She acts her part, too, swaggering, greedy, and just plain impatient, as she brooms off to Old MacDonald's Farm in search of eight plump porkers for her favorite pie. But Palatini deftly turns the tables on Gritch, whose own sense of importance (and the skywritten warning "Surrender Piggies!" ) gives her victims time to implement a plan to save their bacon. When hungry Gritch arrives at the farm, she can't find a single pig. Instead, she finds a wolf, whom she slyly invites home: "I always enjoy having a wolf for lunch." The wry, peppery dialogue is simply great ("Look, Shorty, I've been quack-quacked here, moo-mooed there, and clucked-clucked everywhere all over this farm" ), and Palatini's allusions to popular children's stories from The Wizard of Oz to the "Three Little Pigs" will delight kids. So will Fine's bold, expressive artwork, which gives wicked Gritch a comic audacity that makes her trouncing all the better. A sardonically humorous, rip-roaring yarn that can be enjoyed all year round."Review Quotes: "The exuberant illustrations are colorful and action-filled. Greedy witch and wolf both get what they deserve in this thoroughly enjoyable romp that turns a popular nursery song on end."Publisher Marketing: Gritch the witch flies to Old MacDonald's farm for some pigs to make piggie pie. The exuberant illustrations are colorful and action-filled. Greedy witch and wolf both get what they deserve in this thoroughly enjoyable romp that turns a popular nursery song on end. -- School Library Journal, starredPublisher Marketing: Gritch the witch flies to Old MacDonald's farm for some pigs to make piggie pie."The exuberant illustrations are colorful and action-filled. Greedy witch and wolf both get what they deserve in this thoroughly enjoyable romp that turns a popular nursery song on end." -- School Library Journal, starred Review Citations:

Publishers Weekly 08/18/1997 (EAN 9780395866184, Paperback)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2001 pg. 671 (EAN 9780395866184, Paperback)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 968 (EAN 9780395866184, Paperback)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 1465 (EAN 9780395866184, Paperback)

Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/1996 pg. 743 (EAN 9780395716915, Hardcover)

ALA Notable Childrens Books 01/01/1996 pg. 1288 (EAN 9780395716915, Hardcover)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2001 pg. 671 (EAN 9780395716915, Hardcover)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 968 (EAN 9780395716915, Hardcover)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 1465 (EAN 9780395716915, Hardcover)

Wilson Children's Catalog 96 01/01/1996 pg. 719 (EAN 9780395716915, Hardcover)

Booklist 09/01/1995 pg. 74 (EAN 9780395716915, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

Kirkus Review - Children 08/15/1995 pg. 1192 (EAN 9780395716915, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

School Library Journal 11/01/1995 pg. 80 (EAN 9780395716915, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1995 pg. 41 (EAN 9780395716915, Hardcover)

School Library Journal 08/01/1998 (EAN 9780395900635, Analog Audio Cassette)

Contributor Bio:  Palatini, Margie Margie Palatini is the author of many outrageously funny books for children, including Piggie Pie!, illustrated by Howard Fine; Moosetache, Mooseltoe, and the Bad Boys series, all illustrated by Henry Cole; The Cheese, illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher; No Biting, Louise, illustrated by Matthew Reinhart; and Gorgonzola, illustrated by Tim Bowers. She lives with her family in New Jersey. Contributor Bio:  Fine, Howard Nancy Shaw is the author of the popular "Sheep in a Jeep" and its sequels. She holds degrees from the University of Michigan and Harvard University. She and her husband live in Ann Arbor, Michigan. They have two grown children. Howard Fine is the illustrator of several books for children, including the highly successful "Piggie Pie!" He studied at Bucknell University and the Philadelphia College of Art. Mr. Fine lives in White Plains, New York, with his wife and three children.