AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Ben Cort
PUBLISHER:
Barron’s Educational Series, Inc.
PUBLICATION DATE: 2002
GENRE:
Fiction/ Picture Book
READING LEVEL: Grade 3
BRIEF OVERVIEW:
PIG IS BORED! To entertain himself, he tries to find other animals that seem to
have more fun and imitate them. In the end, Pig finds out it is always more
fun to just be yourself.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students will be given a pre-cut pig template (made from construction
paper). They will decorate it as one of the animals Pig pretended to be in the
story.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Hillary Crosby, Valdosta State University ECSE
LABELS: Comedy, Fiction, picture book, self discovery, Animals,
