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May 1, 2010/in Fiction 5-8 Infant/Junior /by Angie Hill
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BfK 182 May 2010
Reviewer: Rudolf Loewenstein
ISBN: 0141328401
Price: N/A
Publisher: Penguin UK
Genre: Fiction
Age Range: 5-8 Infant/Junior
Length: 160pp
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Pigs in Planes: The Chicken Egg-splosion

Author: Paul CooperIllustrator: Trevor Dunton

Curly McHoglet would love to be a member of PiPs (pigs in planes) and has applied almost one hundred times, but to no avail. Suddenly, just as he is being turned down, an emergency occurs – wing commander Oinks-Gruntington is stuck in a hole. Curly and the team are on, and also in. In for a lot of surprises, that is. Eggs have been stolen and amidst plenty of puns, the pigs go into action to recover the eggs and solve the mystery. With plenty of jokes and slapstick, the story races on to a successful conclusion for the pigs. Puzzles at the end of the book will further the enjoyment readers will have when tackling this book. The humour of the text is well matched by Dunton’s cartoon style illustrations. Although accessible to both sexes, I imagine that boys will enjoy this book more than girls.

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