Pippin The Christmas Pig - Hardcover

JEAN LITTLE is one of the world's best-loved writers for children. She is the author of Listen, Said the Donkey as well as the CLA Book of the Year Award winner Dear Canada: Orphan at My Door and CLA Honour Book Dear Canada: Brother's Far from Home.

WERNER ZIMMERMANN's warm illustrations for Pippin the Christmas Pig were a huge part of its charm and stellar success. Werner was nominated for the Governor General's Award for illustration for Whatever You Do, Don't Go Near That Canoe!

Author's Residence: Guelph, Ontario
Illustrator's Residence: Guelph, Ontario
www.jeanlittle.com
www.wernerzimmermann.ca

Pres-Gr. 2. All the animals in the barn are excited, but Pippin, a young pig, doesn't know what Christmas is. Then she learns that unlike the donkey, cow, and sheep, her ancestors had nothing to do with Christmas. "What present could a pig possibly give a baby anyway?" asks the cow. Sad little Pippin leaves the barn and finds herself caught in a snowstorm. Lost and scared, she's still too angry to go back. Then she sees a young mother and her baby, poorly dressed, looking for shelter from the storm. Despite her antipathy for her barn mates, Pippin leads the mother and child to the barn, where the animals come to realize that boasting about their ancestors isn't as meaningful as taking care of a real baby. This new twist on the animals-at-Christmas tale works as both a holiday story and an insightful little piece on human nature (animal facades notwithstanding). The framed paintings are softly colored, and the animals are realistically depicted, except for Pippin, who has a bit of cartoon character in her impish expressions. Ilene Cooper
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