There's a Pig in My Class!

Reviewed by: Kara Reiman - Walker Memorial Library, Westbrook, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: January 12, 2015

Review

Pig lives next to a school and his biggest dream is to go play with the kids. So one day he sneaks out and the kids dress him up and sneak him into the school. They go through a day fooling the teacher until he gets water all over himself and the teacher tells him to take his clothes off and then discovers that he is in fact a pig and not a child. Though she sends the pig away, the class comes to visit him later and he gets to play with the kids anyway. A message about being afraid is thrown in at the end. This story is extremely awkward. From the names (Pig, Honey Hair, Tall Tina, One Child) to the phrasing, it's all very uncomfortable. It was originally printed in Sweden, so I'm wondering if some of this story is just lost in translation.

Overall Book Score: fair