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This Little Piggy

	If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Numeroff Age Level: Toddler and up
Synopsis: One thing leads to another when you give a pig a pancake. Note: This character also appears in *If You Give a Pig a Party*.

Song

This Little Piggie

This little piggie went to market,
This little piggie stayed home.
This little piggie had roast beef,
This little piggie had none.
And this little piggie cried "wee, wee, wee,"
All the way home.

	Piggies by Audrey Wood Age Level: Toddler and up
Synopsis: Ten little piggies dance on a young child's fingers and toes before finally going to sleep. Note: A finger puppet set was designed to accompany this book. It's available on Amazon.com at Piggies: 5 Finger Puppets.

Flannel Board

[Artfelt has a The Three Little Pigs felt puppet set.]

The Three Little Pigs

There was a little pig,
And he built himself a house,
For the Wolf was eating
Every pig he saw, saw, saw.
With a huff and then a puff,
Old Wolf ate him soon enough,
For the silly pig had built his house
With straw, straw, straw.

A second little pig,
Built himself a little house,
When he heard the Wolf was
Eating all the pigs, pigs, pigs,
With a huff and then a puff,
Old Wolf ate him soon enough,
For the silly pig had built his house
With twigs, twigs, twigs.

Another little pig,
Built himself a little house,
But he never thought of
Using straw or sticks, sticks, sticks,
With a huff and then a puff,
Old Wolf blew, but not enough,
For this pig got wise and built his house
With bricks, bricks, bricks.

	*Can You Make a Piggy Giggle?* by Linda Ashman Age Level: Toddler and up
Synopsis: A young boy is challenged to make a grumpy pig laugh. His various antics-reading riddles, bowing a fiddle, and playing in the mud-cause first a chick, then a calf, then a duck, and then a host of other farm animals to laugh, but the swine never cracks a smile.

Song

Piggy Wig and Piggy Wee

[Artfelt has a Piggy Wig and Piggy Wee felt puppet set.]

Piggy Wig and Piggy Wee
[Put pig finger puppets on thumbs.]
[Have those without finger puppets just use thumbs.]
Hungry pigs as pigs can be
For their dinner had to wait
Down behind the garden gate
[Bring fingers on both hands together hiding pigs.]
Piggy Wig and Piggy Wee
Climbed the barnyard gate to see.
[Bring pigs up over fingers.]
Peeking through the gate so high
But no dinner did they spy spy,
[Say in sad voice.]
Piggy Wig and Piggy Wee got back down
Sad as pigs can be,
But the gate soon opened wide
And they scampered forth outside outside.
[Hands swing apart, as pigs run forward.]
Piggy Wig and Piggy Wee,
Greedy pigs as pigs can be
For their dinner ran pell-mell
And in the trough both piggies fell.
[Make trough with hands, pigs fall in.]

	*Z-Z-Zoink!* by Bernard Most Age Level: Toddler and up
Synopsis: A pig has trouble finding a place to sleep because she snores so loudly and wakes up the entire barnyard.

Song

To Market, To Market

To market, to market,
[March slowly in place.]
To buy a fat pig.
Home again, home again,
[Say faster & hop in place.]
Jiggety jig.

To market, to market,
[March slowly in place.]
To buy a fat hog.
Home again, home again,
[Say faster & hop in place.]
Jiggety jog.

	Pigsty by Mark Teague Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: When Wendell doesn't clean up his room, a whole herd of pigs comes to live with him.

Piggie Pie!
by Margie Palatini
Age Level: Preschool and up

Synopsis: Gritch the Witch is grouchy, grumpy, and very hungry. The only thing that could make her happy is something extra special for lunch, and that is: Piggie Pie! Gritch zooms off on her broomstick to find eight plump piggies -- where else? -- on Old MacDonald's Farm. Cleverly disguised pigs impersonate ducks, chickens, a cow, and Old MacDonald himself, as this uproarious, quick-paced story builds to an ironically surprising conclusion. Wacky, hip, and illustrated with bold, bright paintings, "Piggie Pie" adds a new twist to an old fairy-tale scene.

Films

	The Pigs' Wedding by Helme Heine Age Level: Pre-K-3 Running Time: 7 minutes
Synopsis: A story describing the preparation and celebration of the marriage of two pigs, Porker and Curlytail.

	The Amazing Bone by William Steig Age Level: Preschool and up Running Time: 11 minutes
Synopsis: A young pig touched by spring finds a magic bone as she dawdles in a field of dandelions.

	The Three Little Pigs by James Marshall Age Level: Preschool and up Running Time: 12 Minutes
Synopsis: The fairy tale of the three little pigs who build houses of various materials.

More Books to Read On Your Own

The Three Little Pigs
by James Marshall
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: Classic fairy tale spiced up by James Marshall. Feel free to use other versions or simply tell the story in flannelboard.

Wait, No Paint!
by Bruce Whatley
Age Level: Advanced Preschool and up
Synopsis: What happens when the illustrator runs out of red paint?

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
by Jon Scieszka
Age Level: Advanced Preschool and up
Synopsis: The wolf tells his side of the story.

One Rainy Day
by Valeri Gorbachev
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: It seems that when Pig went to the meadow to gather a bouquet a sudden summer shower arose. Without an umbrella Pig headed for the shelter of the nearest tree where he was joined by one small, very fast mouse. Soon two porcupines joined them, and were followed by three buffaloes. It was getting to be a pretty tight squeeze under that tree, and it was going to be tighter.

Olivia
by Ian Falconer
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: Olivia, a porcine equivalent to Eloise, has her debut.
Note: While beloved by children and adults, but illustrations limit this book to a small group.

The Amazing Bone
by William Steig
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: A young pig touched by spring finds a magic bone as she dawdles in a field of dandelions.

More Songs for at Home

Eeny, Meeny, Miny Mo

Eeny, meeny, miny mo
[Count toes starting with little one.]
Catch a piggy by his toe.
[Wiggle big toe.]
If he hollers let him go
Eeny, meeny, miny mo.
[Count toes again back to little one.]

Two Mother Pigs

Two mother pigs lived in a pen
[Show thumbs.]
Each had four babies, and that made ten
[Show fingers and thumbs.]
These four babies were black as night
[Hold up hand, extend fingers, thumb in palm.]
These four babies were black and white
[Hold up other hand, thumb in palm.]
But all eight babies loved to play
And they rolled and rolled in the mud all day.
[Roll hands.]
At night, with their mother, they curled up in a heap,
[Make fists, palms up.]
And squealed and squealed till they went to sleep.

Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?

This popular song made famous by Disney's Three Little Pigs is still under copyright and cannot be printed here. But I highly recommend it for this storytime theme.

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