When her brother goes off to school, Amanda finds new things to do, including ballet dancing, cleaning her room, and making a very sad, mad day go away, with the help of hugs from Mother Pig.

This book is about Amanda the pig and her adventures. Ther are four "chapters". The first chapter, "Without Oliver" is about how she is too young to go to school and what she does during the day with her mother. The second chapter, "Sick in Bed" is about how her mother takes care of her when she is sick. The third chapter, "The Big Mess" is about how she can't find anything in her messy room. The fourth chapter, "The Bad Sad Mad Day" is about a rainy day and Amanda decides to misbehave during the boring day. ( )