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Pizza Pig
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Pizza Pig Paperback - 2018

by Diana Murray

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Kindness is on the menu! Pizza Pig's pizza parlor is the place to be, where animals can order whatever their taste buds desire in this entertaining Step 2 beginning reader. Full color.

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From the publisher

Kindness is on the menu! Pizza Pig's pizza parlor is the place to be, where animals can order whatever their taste buds desire in this entertaining Step 2 beginning reader.

WINNER of the 2019 Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award for Beginning Fiction!

Penguins like their pizza cold. Rats want cheese with extra mold!

Customers at Pizza Pig's get whatever they want on their pizzas! But why isn't Turtle eating? It turns out that one is the loneliest number when it comes to a bustling pizza joint filled with groups of animals. All Turtle needs is a friend to whet her appetite! This rhyming story about pizza, compassion, and friendship is sure to tickle young readers.

Step 2 Readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories, for children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help. Rhyme and rhythmic text paired with picture clues help children decode the story.

Details

  • Title Pizza Pig
  • Author Diana Murray
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Random House Books for Young Readers
  • Publication date 2018
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9781524713348 / 1524713341
  • Weight 0.15 lbs (0.07 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.7 x 5.8 x 0.2 in (22.10 x 14.73 x 0.51 cm)
  • Age range 04 to 06 years
  • Grade levels P - 1
  • Reading level 340
  • Themes
    • Topical: Easy Readers
    • Topical: Friendship
  • Category Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
  • Library of Congress subjects Stories in rhyme, Animals
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2017001666
  • Dewey Decimal Code E

About the author

DIANA MURRAY is the author of many picture books for kids and her poems have appeared in children's magazines such as Highlights, High Five, Spider, and Ladybug. She grew up in New York City and still lives nearby with her husband, two very messy children, and a goldfish named Pickle. Her favorite pizza toppings are mushrooms and olives.

MARIA KARIPIDOU is an illustrator based in Germany. Her work has appeared in many children's books and magazine as well as commercial advertisements for international clients.

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