Pigs might fly!

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Title:

Pigs might fly!

Author:

Morpurgo, Michael.

ISBN:

9780007274635

Personal Author:

Morpurgo, Michael.

Edition:

New ed.

Publication Date:

2008

Publication Information:

London : HarperCollins Children's Books, 2008.

Physical Description:

128 p. : 60 b&w, ill., s ; 20x13x1 cm.

Series:

Mudpuddle Farm

Abstract:

A charming series of adventures for younger readers, featuring a family of all sorts of animals that live in the farmyard behind the tumble-down barn on Mudpuddle Farm...Two fantastic stories in one volume! Jigger's Day Off: "Time has come for harvest, Jigger. So I shan't be needing you all day. It's your day off, my dear." Jigger the sheepdog has just one day off a year. Just one day to chase all those little animals hiding in the corn. But even the best plans go wrong...And Pigs Might Fly!: "Flying was not nearly as easy as it looked. Pintsize stood up on his back trotters and flapped his front ones - trotters, he thought, would do just as well as wings." It's a long hot summer, and Pintsize the piglet wonders if it might be cooler in the sky. But when he tries to fly, he annoys just about everyone. It's time he learned his lesson...

Reading Level:

Primary & Secondary Education

From 6 To 8.

UK School Key Stage 1.

Subject Term:

Mudpuddle Farm (Imaginary place) -- Juvenile fiction.

Animals -- Juvenile fiction.

Domestic animals -- Juvenile fiction.

Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction.

Children's stories, English.

Fiction 5+.

Animal Stories.

Early Reader.

Genre:

Animal stories (Children's / Teenage) (Children's).

Children's / Teenage fiction: Animal stories -- Interest age: from c 6 years.

Added Author:

Rayner, Shoo.

Copies:

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Shelf Number

STORIES

Material Type

Book

Item Barcode

30117802430096

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Summary

Join the fun on the farm!

A charming story from award-winning author Michael Morpurgo, hilariously illustrated throughout by Shoo Rayner, and perfect for readers of 5 and up.

Two funny farmyard stories for younger readers.

Jigger's Day Off

"Time has come for harvest, Jigger. So I shan't be needing you all day. It's your day off, my dear."

Jigger the sheepdog has just one day off a year. Just one day to chase all those little animals hiding in the corn. But even the best plans go wrong...

And Pigs Might Fly!

"Flying was not nearly as easy as it looked. Pintsize stood up on his back trotters and flapped his front ones - trotters, he thought, would do just as well as wings."

It's a long hot summer, and Pintsize the piglet wonders if it might be cooler in the sky. But when he tries to fly, he annoys just about everyone. It's time he learned his lesson...

Author Notes

British author Michael Morpurgo was born in St. Albans, Hertforshire in 1943. He attended the University of London and studied English and French. He became a primary school teacher in Kent for about ten years. He and his wife Clare started a charity called Farms for City Children. They currently own three farms where over 2000 children a year stay for a week and experience the countryside by taking part in purposeful farmwork.

He has published over 100 books and several screenplays. He won the 1995 Whitbread Children's Book Award for The Wreck of the Zanzibar, the 1996 Nestle Smarties Book Prize for The Butterfly Lion, and the 2000 Children's Book Award for Kensuke's Kingdom. Private Peaceful won the 2005 Red House Children's Book Award and the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award. Five of his books have been made into movies and two have been adapted for television. He was named as the third Children's Laureate in May 2003.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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