| Our Principal Promised to Kiss a Pig Contributor(s): Dakos, Kalli (Author), DesMarteau, Alicia (Author), Dirocco, Carl (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0807566357 ISBN-13: 9780807566350 Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | School & Education - Juvenile Fiction | Books & Libraries - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories |
| Dewey: E |
| Lexile Measure: 740 |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 7.8" W x 9.8" (0.30 lbs) 32 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 84269 Reading Level: 4.0 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In September, when the school principal promises to kiss a pig if the students read 10,000 books, a girl volunteers Hamlet, her unwilling, Shakespeare-quoting pet pig. But poor Hamlet wants nothing to do with such foolishness. To kiss, or not to kiss, The principal in school? Why choose a pig To be their fool? By the end of April the kids still have a long way to go, and it looks as if Hamlet is safe. But after an author comes to visit and the school has a book fair, the students quickly reach their goal. The date is set for the big kiss. Hamlet is miserable. But he tells himself, A pig to himself must be true In spite of plans that humans brew. Will the principal follow through on her promise? |
Contributor Bio(s): Dirocco, Carl: - Carl DiRocco's's illustrations have been published in twelve children's books, including: Cooper and Packrat: Mystery on Pine Lake, and Cooper and Packrat: Mystery of the Eagle's Nest, (both Junior Library Guild winners), Dear Big, Mean, Ugly Monster, and Our Principal Promised to Kiss a Pig (a Children's Choice Selection). He is a graduate of the New England School of Art & Design in Boston and lives in Massachusetts.Dakos, Kalli: - Kalli Dakos is the best-selling author of over two thousand poems about elementary school life. Her books include If You're Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand, Don't Read This Book, Whatever You Do!; The Goof Who Invented Homework; and The Bug in Teacher's Coffee. She lives in Canada and writes in New York. |