Saturday, June 25, 2022

Classic Rereads: Ping Pong Pig by Caroline Jayne Church

When I discovered Ping Pong Pig, a few years after its publication in 2008, I fell in love with this silly story.

Ping Pong Pig has a dream of flying and his attempts to fulfill that dream exasperate and annoy all the other farm animals. The animals come up with a solution to keep Ping Pong Pig out of their way while they get their work done and Ping Pong Pig is delighted that he has achieved his dream...until he realizes he is not contributing anything while the other animals are working hard, especially after they have helped him "fly!"
Eventually, Ping Pong Pig figures out a way to keep his dream and help out around the farm as well.

Ping Pong Pig's perfect pink plumpness and the light-hearted, sweet story make him a favorite among Caroline Church's farm animal stories, which include a story about a goose and a sheep dog. Perfect for reading aloud to toddlers and preschoolers, this is an enduring storytime staple.

I would absolutely love to see Church's trilogy of farm stories back in print, starting with Ping Pong Pig. While I'd take it as a board book, what I'd really like is a full-sized picture book for use in storytime.

Sadly, this was never even made into a board book and both the hardcover and paperback are out of print and only available used and I had to weed our copy when it literally fell apart.

ISBN: 0823421767; Published September 2008 by Holiday House

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