Piggie Pie is a 1995 children's picture book by Margie Palatini.
Plot
Gritch the Witch wants to make some piggie pie, but her pantry has no pigs. So she searches for pigs to make into a pie. She goes to Old McDonald's farm, but she sees no pigs which makes her wonder where they are at.
Reception
Ann A. Flowers, of Horn Book Magazine reviewed the book saying, "Extremely amusing and certain to be appreciated by young listeners of the more robust sort". [Flowers, Ann A.. Horn Book Magazine, Mar/Apr96, Vol. 72 Issue 2, pp. 189-190, (Book Review)] Dawn Friedman, of Common Sense Media reviewed the book saying "With sly tributes to at least three popular kids stories (Wizard of Oz, Old MacDonald, and The Three Little Pigs), this is sure to be a popular read-aloud — and with adult help, kids can get in on the jokes, too". [cite web
url=http://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/Piggie-Pie.html
title=Piggie Pie|publisher=Common Sense Media
accessdate=2008-09-22] "Piggie Pie" is ranked number 37 on the 2007 National Education Association list of "Educator's Top 100 Children's Books". [cite web
url=http://www.nea.org/readacross/resources/catalist.html
title=Educators' Top 100 Children's Books
publisher=National Education Association
accessdate=2008-09-22] [cite web
url=http://libraries.state.ma.us/pages/top100|title=NEA top 100 children's books of 2007
publisher=Massachusetts Libraries website
accessdate=2008-09-22] It was the 1998 winner of the Bill Martin Jr. Picture Book Award of the Kansas Reading Association.
Nominations & awards
*1998-1999 Buckaroo Book Award nominee [cite web
url=http://ccpls.org/bookawards/buckaroo_dates.pdf
title=Buckaroo Book Award nominees
publisher=Campbell County Public Library System
accessdate=2008-09-22]
*1998 Bill Martin Jr. Picture Book Award[cite web]
url=http://www.kansasread.org/Bill_Martin_Jr_Award.htm
title=Bill Martin Jr. Picture Book Award
publisher=Kansas Reading Association
accessdate=2008-09-22]
* 1998 Golden Sower Award nominee [cite web
url=http://www.nebraskalibraries.org/goldensower/winners/pastnominees.pdf
title=Golden Sower Award nominees
publisher=Nebraska Library Association
accessdate=2008-09-22]
*1998 CRYM Award nominee [cite web
url=http://staff.pausd.org/~llosier/cyrm.html#1998
title=California Young Reader Medal Award nominees
publisher=Palo Alto Unified School District
accessdate=2008-09-22]
*1997-1998 Black-Eyed Susan Book Award [cite web
url=http://www.maslmd.org/awards_past_winners.php
title=Black-Eyed Susan Book Awards
publisher=Maryland Association of School Librarians
accessdate=2008-09-22]
*1997-1998 Young Hoosier Award Nominee for K-3 [cite web
url=http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/8104/pzbooks/piggiepie.htm
title=Young Hoosier Award Nominees for K-3
publisher=Middle Grades Reading Network
accessdate=2008-09-22]
*1997 Mockingbird Award Winner [cite web
url=http://www.abilenetx.com/APL/kids_mock.html
title=Mockingbird Award Winners
publisher=Abilene Public Library
accessdate=2008-09-22]
*1997 Kentucky Bluegrass Award [cite web
url=http://kba.nku.edu/lists/winners.shtml
title=Kentucky Bluegrass Awards
publisher=Eastern Kentucky University Libraries
accessdate=2008-09-22]
*1997 Red Clover Award [cite web
url=http://www.mothergooseprograms.org/lit_red_clover_winners.php
title=Red Clover Award Winners
publisher=VERMONT CENTER FOR THE BOOK
accessdate=2008-09-22] [cite web
url=http://vernonschool.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=57&Itemid=78
title=Red Clover Book Awards
publisher=Vernon Elementary School
accessdate=2008-09-22]
*1997 Colorado Children's Book Award Winner [cite web
url=http://fcgov.com/library/ccba.php
title=Colorado Children's Book Award Winners
publisher=Fort Collins Regional Library District
accessdate=2008-09-22] References
External links
* [http://www.rotoevil.com/speak-no-evil/top-100-childrens-books NEA 2007 List of top 100 children's books]
* [http://www.ohea.org/GD/Templates/Pages/OEA/OEADetail.aspx?page=3&TopicRelationID=41&Content=9793 Ohio Education Association use of the NEA Top 100 list]
* [http://www.nea.org/readacross/resources/kidsbooks.html Listed 99th overall in the Top 100 list for the 4 month period from November 1 1999 to February 1 2000]
* [http://www.heathwood.org/ourprogram/librarydocs/readlist08/1st.pdf South Carolina Association of School Librarians 2008 suggested reading list]
* [http://authorsforschoolvisits.com/margie_palatini.html "Margie Palatini" (paragraph 1) "...the now perennial favorite Piggie Pie!, published in 1995..."]
