Ten Hungry Pigs

Reviewed by: Sheila Dube - Springvale Public Library, Springvale, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: October 10, 2016

Review

Anderson's expressive, pushy pigs from his previous counting book are back in this food-themed picture book. One pig is very hungry and with the questionable help from his duck friend in a chef hat (the rubber ducky in the previous book?), he begins to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. This process is interrupted by hungry pig two, three, up to ten bringing foods to add on top of the sandwich. Pickles, peas, fruit, fish and more are added to the sandwich to pig number one's dismay. When pig number eleven...Wait, there is NO pig eleven. It's the wolf! Which makes all the pigs leave except the first. The ducky then removes the wolf costume, (also from the first book) and the sandwich is enjoyed by "one VERY full pig". The only misstep in this fun, foodie offering is that bees are presented as one of the foods added to the for the sake of the rhyme instead of honey. The pig does hold a jar of honey so that is just a slight quibble. The numbers are written out in the text but are not shown numerically. The end pages provide readers with the chronology of the foods presented in the story. Perfect for a fun, foodie story time.

Overall Book Score: good