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Jolley, Mike

Grunter, a Pig with an Attitude!

32 pp. | Lerner/Millbrook | March, 1999 | Trade ISBN 0-7613-0449-5 $$14.95 | Library ISBN 0-7613-1308-7 $$18.90
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Deborah Allwright. Fed up, the farmyard animals give an obnoxious pig his comeuppance on his birthday: a stick of dynamite that sends him flying into space in a double-page spread pop-up. Although somewhat manipulative, the book is a fresh alternative to the sentimental change-of-heart bully story. While unoriginal, the jokes and sight-gags (nose-picking, gas, etc.) will provoke laughs, as will the descriptions of mean Grunter in the text and art.
Reviewer: Jennifer M. Brabander

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