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"Story hour alert! Here's one that will provoke little ones' laughter -- and the storyteller just might get the giggles, too." Booklist

"A stubborn pig refuses to crack a smile even as all the other farm animals are laughing at the mayhem. A spectacles-wearing owl, an accordion-playing turtle, and a fiddling chick are sure to tickle the funny bone of even the most serious young readers. The rhyming phrases and tongue-twisting verses will certainly challenge even the most seasoned veteran of the read-aloud. Even if the "piggy won't giggle," most everyone else will." Kirkus Reviews


"The vibrant, playful text is rhythmic and frequently rhymes. Cole's artful, silly cartoons in deep, bold colors show the anthropomorphic animals dancing, playing, and laughing, and they match the text with their own liveliness and humor." School Library Journal

A FEW GREAT RESOURCES, KIDS' BOOK BLOGS, ETC.

SCBWI (aspiring writers, start here!)
Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
Read.Imagine.Talk.
The Miss Rumphius Effect
Wild Rose Reader
Poetry for Children
Just One More Book!
Chicken Spaghetti
Three Silly Chicks
Bees Knees Reads
The Purple Crayon
Children's Literature Network
Children's Book Council
Author's Guild


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CAN YOU MAKE A PIGGY GIGGLE?

From CAN YOU MAKE A PIGGY GIGGLE? Illustrations copyright 2002 by Henry Cole. With permission of Dutton Children's Books.

Author's Note


Can you make a piggy giggle

if you tell a silly riddle?

A chick might snicker, but a pig won't giggle.


Can you make a piggy giggle

if you play a little fiddle?

A calf might laugh, but a pig won't giggle.


If you polka, flap, and fiddle,

Waddle, yodel, stomp and riddle,

Tumble, grumble, twirl and wriggle,

Will that stubborn piggy giggle?


Often a story begins as a line and a rhythm I keep hearing over and over again in my head. Such was the case with this piggy. I had a lot of fun playing with silly-sounding words and trying to come up with ways to make him giggle, and was very pleased to see the sly grin Henry Cole gave him on the last page.

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"A family outing gone hilariously awry." BOOKLIST
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"A rip-roaring, exciting excursion." SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
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An "enchanting ride." PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
WHAT COULD BE BETTER THAN THIS?
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MAMA'S DAY
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CAN YOU MAKE A PIGGY GIGGLE?
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"As pithy and clever as Ogden Nash at his best." Starred Review, KIRKUS
MAXWELL'S MAGIC MIX-UP
"A riotous adventure." HORN BOOK MAGAZINE
JUST ANOTHER MORNING
"Ashman captures the non-stop action in rollicking rhyme." KIRKUS
HOW TO MAKE A NIGHT
A "captivating collaboration." Starred Review, KIRKUS
SAILING OFF TO SLEEP
"A splendid bedtime fantasy." KIRKUS
THE TALE OF WAGMORE GENTLY
Wagmore is "a charming, gentle hero." KIRKUS REVIEWS

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