Picture Book 11

Author	Margie Palatini
Title	Piggie Pie
Illustrator	Howard Fine
Readability Score	Grade level equivalent:  2.7 Lexile Measure: 420L DRA:  20 Guided Reading: L
Genre	Fiction
Subgenre	Fantasy
Theme	N/A
Primary and Secondary Characters	Gritch the Witch, pigs, Wolf
Award(s) date of publication	1995
Publishing Company	Clarion Books
ISBN Number	0-395-71691-8
Brief Summary	When Gritch the Witch gets a taste for scrumptious Piggie Pie, she must gather the needed ingredients.  She has everything she needs to make Piggie Pie with the exception of eight plump pigs.  Gritch decides to fly over to Old Macdonald’s Farm to find the needed pigs.  However, the pigs quickly devise a plan to disguise themselves as various farm animals to prevent their demise.  Sensing her defeat, Gritch decides to give up on making her Piggie Pie until she meets Wolf.  Wolf advises her to forget about the pigs and the two head off together while envisioning a tasty lunch.
Picture of book cover
Description of how you would use book with students	This book would be great for a fractured fairytale unit.  It could serve as a mentor text prior to having students add their own creative flair to familiar fairtytales.