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Thiesing, Lisa
4 Reviews
(4)
K-3
After Peggy purloins a scarecrow's fancy outfit to wear to a party, the angry scarecrow--portrayed in suitably spooky illustrations--comes and snatches the clothes back, only to lose them to Peggy a second time. The story's logic is somewhat shaky; besides, it's much easier to sympathize with the scarecrow than with the thieving Peggy.
Reviewer: Martha Sibert
(3)
K-3
"The Aliens have invaded our country!" says a TV reporter. So pig Peggy stocks up on supplies, makes herself a bunker, and steels herself for the worst. As in The Viper--Peggy's first "silly thriller"--the punch line (the Aliens turn out to be a rock band) is winning, as are the illustrations of the terrified Peggy trying to maintain her pluck.
Reviewer: Nell Beram
(3)
K-3
One day, a mysterious voice on the phone tells pig Peggy, "I am zee Viper. I vill come in 1 year." One year later, she's petrified--but needn't be. (Hint: the book's terrific punch line depends on a familiarity with a Transylvanian accent.) The illustrations of plucky Peggy whiling away her time (eating chocolates, hauling logs, strumming her guitar) throughout the year are a hoot.
Reviewer: Nell Beram
(3)
K-3
Pleasant ink and watercolor illustrations, set against a soft pink background, pose as snapshots from a family album that serves to show the many ways in which a mother, when she was a little girl, was like her daughter. The pictures are distinct enough from one another to be interesting, as they reveal not only similarities, but differences between now and then.
Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.
4 reviews
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