I thought that this book was pretty good, and very imaginative by having the pig pretend to be a human. I can definitly see a child enjoying reading this book and hearing all the crazy things that Petunia does as she pretends to be Ginger. The illustrations were really good and told a lot of the story beyond the words, and gave a good visual as to what was going on in the story.
As a teacher I would use this book to talk about friendships. Since Ginger did so much to take care of Petunia, Petunia felt that she needed to do all that she could to fulfill Ginger's obligations while she was away, even if it meant putting aside her own needs. It would be a good opportunity to talk about not being selfish and to help out your loved ones who do so much for them, and it does so in such a cute way by using a pig pretending to be a human to get the point across. Each child could take time to think about who their Petunia is, and who they would do anything for.
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