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Reviewed on September 18, 2020 | Picture Books
K-Gr 2—Greed and the importance of minutiae in deal-making loom large in this lyrical picture book written in rhyming couplets that bounce off the tongue. The main character is also the villain. Penny-pinching Pig has cash in his pocket, and a desire to build his dream home on the property he has just purchased in the countryside. Miserly Pig heads to town seeking laborers, and there he meets three other animals and dupes them into building him a mansion for a third of the wages he implies t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More