Piggy Monday: A Tale about Manners

by Suzanne Bloom

As the students at school become more rude and rowdy, their hands turn into hooves and their noses turn into snouts! Tthe Pig Lady is called in and recognizes the problem. With her help, the children begin to recall and recite proper manners.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[MelMon Sanchez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Manners are like magic and like the books says , " treat each other with respect and be respected in return." Life lessons in a way that little ones can understand and have fun reading. A great little laugh with every turn of the page.

[Erin · Rating 3 out of 5]

It’s important to be polite and mind your manners so you don’t turn into a pig. Literally. Be nice, open the door, share, walk in a line, listen. The rhymes are seriously forced tho which made it awkward to read out loud.

[Nichole · Rating 2 out of 5]

The message of this book is good, but the illustrations are... strange. It worries me within my collection when I have so few depictions of people of color to have them illustrated in this way.

[Haaley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute book about manners. It made the kids laugh but also think about what the class was doing wrong and how they needed to act instead.

[Celeste Shepherd · Rating 4 out of 5]

We loved it! My daughter recognized some of the "piggy behaviors" as things that she does on occasion. Whenever she starts behaving in that way, we joke about growing tails or snouts - then we find a way to change the behavior. I really liked the specific examples for resolving conflict in the book.

[The Book Maven · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well, this is certainly a different take on "swine flu." When Ms. Hubbub's class forgets their manners and acts up, they turn into pigs! It takes the intervention of a pig specialist to re-teach the children their manners. Lots of fun rhymes and vividly-colored illustrations help make this a fun read, and a good one to remind children how to behave and treat each other.

[Tricia · Rating 2 out of 5]

all the children turn into piggies when they are rude/lose their manners. a bit scary. the girls weren't as freaked out as me. kinda funny to them but def not for story time.

[Abigail Ochoa · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great read aloud for lower grades about manners. Rhyming words can be introduced as well. I will share with my first grade class!

[Amanda_DJ n' Zac · Rating 5 out of 5]

Every toddler needs to read this! Adorable!

[Elizabeth S · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute, and very useful. A fun story, with nice rhymes and rhythm, and teaches good manners. And why we want good manners. I appreciate that more pages are devoted to the good manners than the bad.