A Pig Parade Is A Terrible Idea (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
This was such a cute book! When I heard the title I wasn't sure what to think but as I was reading it I found that I just loved it! It is such a cute idea for a story, but also can be used as more than a story. I think that this book would be really good for doing a lesson on persuasive writing. The book takes an idea that may sound like fun and gives you all of the reasons that it is not as fun and turns out to actually be a bad idea. The book persuades you that having a pig parade is not such a good idea after all. Just like in a persuasive writing piece, you have to back up your statement with facts and reasons. This book does just that. It would be a bad idea to have a pig parade because "pigs absolutely refuse to wear majorette uniforms. Even if you are able to find enough majorette uniforms for all of your pigs (which is a very difficult job in and of itself), just try getting those hundreds of pigs to put them on. They will not do it. Perhaps they consider majorette uniforms unflattering. Nonsense. Everybody looks sharp in a majorette uniform, even pigs (especially pigs!). But when you try explaining that to them, they just look at you as if you are speaking a language they do not understand." This book is filled with good and persuasive reasons that the idea is actually terrible. I would have my students do the same thing. I could give them nonsense ideas and they have to persuade my why it actually isn't a good idea. It could also be taken connect to real life situations where they have to persuade someone to do something that they want to see done, or the opposite way around. What would a real life pig parade look like, and what kind of problems might arise? Fret no more because the book we've always wanted? to be written is here and it illustrates the troubles you'd have putting one together. Finally you can help ease the frustrations your kids would endure at an earlier age rather than go through life always questioning if a pig parade was a great idea since the first time you laid your eyes on one.
What do You think about A Pig Parade Is A Terrible Idea (2010)?
This books is mostly a what if story. I was not really a fan.
—maggie
Pretty funny. The kids were laughing, and so was I.
—ami
