What This Story Needs Is a Bang and a Clang

PreS-Gr 1—The pig in a wig is back in this latest installment of the early reader series featuring the porcine protagonist with a red beehive hairdo. The industrious porker is building an outdoor stage while animal musician friends gather for a performance by the Pig in a Wig Band. During rehearsal, a mouse comes along with his French horn, and there's "a startle, a jump, an EEK, and a SHRIEK!" and the band is suddenly in disarray. Pig in a Wig insists that the story must get back on track. Order is restored, and all's well that ends well, with an appreciative audience clapping for the band. Colorful illustrations with a heavy black outline and text in a large, black serif font will be accessible for young readers. Rhythm and rhyme are maintained throughout. The climax and resolution will reassure beginning readers, who will likely want an encore.