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Publisher - Clarion Books
Ages 5 - 8
 “Christelow’s
watercolor and pen-and-ink cartoonlike illustrations do a fabulous
job of reinforcing the mood and action of the text... A sure hit.”
—School Library Journal,
starred review
Best picture books of 2001 —School
Library Journal
Other books inspired by true stories...
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| The Story: |
This story continues the tale of Bert, Ethel and their wayward
pigs, which began with The Great Pig Escape. If you remember,
the trouble started when Bert and Ethel's pigs escaped while on
their way to market. Things got really confusing after the couple
received a postcard from Florida with a mysterious one-word message: "OINK!"
Now Bert and Ethel have packed their bags, left Vermont, and are
heading south for the Sunshine State. Ethel wants to sit on the
beach and dance under the stars, but Bert has something else in
mind. He's determined to find his postcard-writing runaway pigs
and bring them home!
Are there pigs hiding under those beach umbrellas, or rocking
and rolling to the tunes of the Squealers? Come along with Bert
on his great pig search and discover for yourself just who is hamming
it up under the stars.
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| Where did you get the idea?: |
Many readers have asked
what happened to Bert and Ethel's pigs in Florida. I finally decided
to find out! You won't believe what I discovered.
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| Tidbits: |
The Great Pig Search was difficult to write because I had
to tell what had already happened in The Great Pig Escape in
just a few words. It took months and many rewrites before I figured
out how to do that.
When I was working on this book, I was invited to speak at a school
in Florida. Whoopee! That trip gave me a chance to look first-hand
at a small Florida beach town. While I was there, I sketched palm
trees, beaches and landscapes. I put bits and pieces of those sketches
into my drawings.
The front end paper is a bird's-eye view of a real town-Putney,
Vermont, with a few buildings rearranged here and there. The town
in Florida pictured on the back end paper exists only in my imagination.
You should be able to find approximately twenty pigs hidden in that
picture.
The Illustrations:
The line is drawn with pen and ink. The color is watercolor on Whatman
hot-press watercolor paper.
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