Poppleton the pig makes a friend, reads a library book about adventure, and helps a sick friend get better.

Recommended by Anne B.

Poppleton is a city pig who got tired of city life and moved to a small house in a small town. He makes friends with his neighbor, Cherry Sue (a llama), goes to the library, and helps his friend Fillmore (a goat) through an illness.

In the vein of Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel. ( )

25 months - We borrowed this one from the library and O enjoyed it, we've read it many times. I will have to borrow more of these. They will also make for good early reading books. ( )

This is the first book in a funny and silly series for early readers. Poppleton the pig is new in town. After initial awkwardness, he becomes fast friends with his neighbor Cherry Sue, develops a library ritual, and tries to help a friend make his medicine more palatable.

Curriculum: the books offer hilarious models for etiquette, negotiating with friends, and problem solving.

Rylant, C. & Teague, M. (1997). Poppleton. New York: Blue Sky Press.

What a great and funny beginners chapter book. It could help children open up and talk about things and maybe help them want to read and help others. A pig name Poppleton lives in the country and has many friends that teach him different ways to handle certain situations that he is going through. ( )