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32 pp.
| Harcourt/Gulliver |
August, 2003 |
TradeISBN 0-15-202032-2$$15.00
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The text begins with a young pig's apprehensions about his first day at school and ends with his reluctance to go home at day's end--all sung to the tune of the children's standard (music provided). Some lines don't scan, and the pig's problem is resolved improbably quickly, but the story and its benign mixed-media images may be a balm to young readers with school-related anxiety.