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crystal_reading's review against another edition
4.0
1977 Caldecott Honor
Kind of bizarre, but pretty wonderful tale of a talking bone.
Kind of bizarre, but pretty wonderful tale of a talking bone.
a_manning11's review against another edition
3.0
Little pig Pearl finds a talking bone which saves her life and they live happily ever after.
mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition
3.0
An okay story and all and certainly not like anything else. But I expect more from a Caldecott Honor book. And the main character abandoned books in the forest. And needed to get rescued. With okay art.
trixie_reads's review against another edition
5.0
This was just a few pages too long for kindergarten, but I think it would make a great readaloud for 2nd or 3rd graders.
librarianryan's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
4.5
I thoroughly enjoyed this story. It is done in such a masterful way that even though it is a bit long, it sails by. Pearl is a young pig still in school. On a bight sunny day, she takes a picnic and finds a bone that once fell out of a witch’s basket. This amazing bone could talk. It was very helpful in scaring away the robbers that attacked with knives and guns. But the Fox was smart. He saw the bone and how amazing it was. He wanted it for himself and Pearl for dinner. Literally! A pignapping happens, but the bone still saves the day. This book is heavily banned. The reasons range from witchcraft and the occult to violence and kidnapping. I get why parents complain, this book is a bit more macabre wrapped in pretty paper than stories are now. But the story is lovely. It’s a folk tale that could be told again and again and again and kids would be on the edge of their seat every single time.
jeremyhornik's review against another edition
5.0
This ostensible children’s book is a terrifying portrait of a serial killer and his weird house on the edge of town.
“Why should I be ashamed?” said the fox. “I didn’t make the world.”
The kids are always enthralled.
“Why should I be ashamed?” said the fox. “I didn’t make the world.”
The kids are always enthralled.
ilovewongkarwai's review
3.0
Un zorro elegante pero malvado, unos bandidos con máscaras, una cerdita que anda por el bosque a lo Caperucita Roja y un hueso que habla muchos idiomas y ya no quiere vivir con una bruja. Está divertido y las ilustraciones, como en el otro libro del autor que leí, son muy bonitas. No me gustó tanto como Amos y Boris pero igual lo recomendaría :)
katieckb's review against another edition
4.0
4.5/5
This is a cute and heartwarming children’s picture book about a little pig named Pearl and her discovery of a talking bone. The bone ends up saving her life, and they become the best of friends.
This is a cute and heartwarming children’s picture book about a little pig named Pearl and her discovery of a talking bone. The bone ends up saving her life, and they become the best of friends.