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The Pig, the Elephant, and the Wise-Cracking Bird

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Meet Ogden Oink, a fun-loving, adventurous, likeable piglet. He dresses and speaks as humans do, gets into more than his fair share of difficulties because he interprets figurative expressions literally, and he does not understand various meanings of polysemous (i.e., multiple-meaning) words. A studious-looking, somewhat didactic bird appears throughout near the edges of the pages to add even more figurative language to the story. The "language confusion" humor will get young readers thinking about language-and laughing, too.

About the Author :
Michael Sampson taught kindergarten through fourth grade before meeting fellow literacy expert Bill Martin Jr at a conference at the University of Arizona, where he was earning a PhD in Literacy. They established a lifelong friendship and collaborated on many bestselling and award-winning books for children, including Armadillo Antics, Ten Little Squirrels, and Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3. A professor at St. John's University, Sampson worked as a Fulbright Scholar to Ukraine in 2021-22, teaching English as New Language strategies to elementary, middle school, and university students. Bonnie J. Johnson earned her PhD at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She teaches classes in the School of Education at St. John's University in New York City. Dr. Johnson was a public-school classroom teacher for fourteen years. She was the recipient of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Distinguished Teacher of Teachers Award and was named an Eminent Literacy Scholar by The e-Journal of Literacy and Social Responsibility. Dr. Johnson is the author, coauthor, editor of nine books, numerous book chapters and journal articles, and has coauthored more than two hundred instructional texts for elementary, middle school, and adult learners. Joshua Sampson is from a small town in northeast Texas. During the summers of his childhood, he was surrounded by children's book illustrators and authors while traveling the nation with his family to host teacher's conferences. These summers, filled with educators, stories, and songs, helped set him upon a path toward a multi-faceted art career. He went on to graduate with a BFA from UT Austin, and earned his MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Joshua's illustrations are playful and imaginative. Inspired by his love of storytelling, along with the books and illustrators he grew close to as a child, he helps guide the reader through Ogden Oink's adventures in a world quite different from our own. Now living and working in Los Angeles, Joshua maintains a varied art practice involving painting, music, and sculpture. He has worked in film and television on critically acclaimed movies and shows such as Minari (2020), and the live-action reboot of Fairly Oddparents (2022). Now he brings his artistic contributions to storytelling through The Pig, the Elephant, and the Wise-Cracking Bird!

Review :
"Who wouldn't love this charming tale of a little pig searching for a runaway elephant who's hiding in plain sight? Common idioms are cleverly woven into this fun detective story and are explained at the end. The happy ending will delight any young reader, and so will the lovely illustrations that are a feast for the eyes. (That's an idiom too!)" --Marvin Terban, Bestselling Author of In a Pickle, Mad as a Wet Hen, Punching the Clock, and Scholastic Dictionary of Idioms "I don't want to put the cart before the horse, but if Ogden the pig finds the baby elephant, he'll certainly put the hay in the barn for this charming and informative story." --Paul Meisel, Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Honoree for I See a Cat and See Me Run "Learning expressions is very important. It is one of the first forms of poetry, like nursery rhymes, and teaches us how to play with words, listen to surreal music, and picture described images. Above all, they're fun! There is humor in Ogden's chase, and humor is so important-it makes the heaviness light. Long live the elephant and the pig!" --Serge Bloch, Society of Illustrators Gold Medal Winner and Author of Reach for the Stars and Butterflies in My Stomach "Hats off to The Pig, the Elephant, and the Wise-Cracking Bird-a charming story that will help children learn and understand idioms in a delightful and amusing way." --Denise Brennan-Nelson, Award-Winning Author of My Momma Likes to Say


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781612546018
  • Publisher: Brown Books Publishing Group
  • Publisher Imprint: Brown Books Publishing Group
  • Height: 261 mm
  • No of Pages: 40
  • Spine Width: 12 mm
  • Width: 262 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1612546013
  • Publisher Date: 08 Aug 2023
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 531 gr


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