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K-3Pig in a Wig Book series.
"What this story needs is a pig in a wig, / rushing to her car, / dashing into place, / ready to start the cross-country race." As in other series entries, sentences stretch across multiple pages, giving brand-new readers plenty of space to decode. Pig's facial expressions and shifting visual angles ratchet up the drama, but the race's outcome is a bit of a dud.