If You Give a Pig a Party (2005)

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This book is basically like one of those episodes that come after a TV series is over -- "The Brady Bunch Reunion in Hawaii" or whatever, where all kinds of characters from previous episodes and story arcs show up. It's not one of my favorites, although it was interesting to see characters I hadn't yet seen in the "If you give a ..." series. ( )

"If you Give a Pig a Party" is a book about a pig who asks for a party. Throughout the book the pig is asking to do things to set up for her party such as asking for balloons and putting on her favorite dress. This book would be a good book to use for guided reading because it can be used to ask multiple different comprehension questions. For example, this book could be used to ask students to think about the sequencing in the book. These types of questions would allow students to think critically about the text after they read it.

This is a book about cause and effect. This books title explains exactly what this book is about If you give a pig a party... she will want other stuff to go with it. This is a great book to show children the on goings of cause and effect. . ( )

A fun twist from the original and classic book, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, this book includes the same sequencing and cause and effect element. The key differences that I noticed from this book to the original is the illustrations. This book could be essential for an ELL or bilingual student that benefits from visuals. The visuals show a great progression and illustration of a party, so in any assessment, the bilingual student could match cause and effect or sequencing with the photos they recall. ( )