Author: Ellen Weiss
Illustrator: Tom Brannon
Genre: Picture book
Subgenre: Strength
Genre: Picture book
Subgenre: Strength
Theme: Bullies, Overcoming peer pressure
Primary and Secondary characters: Piggy- Primary, Classmates- Secondary
Awards, date of publication:1991
Publishing company: Western Publishing Company
Brief summary and how you would use this books with your students: In this story Piggy wants to become friends with the coolest girls in school. She even dies her hair because they tell her too. They then tell her to go to the old lady's house down the road and leave a mean note. Piggy gets to the lady's steps and then falls. The woman then comes out and helps Piggy up and takes care of her. Piggy then realizes that she should not have to hurt people to be cool. This will teach the students to do what they know they should do, rather than listening to someone else. It will also teach them about not conforming to be like everyone else.
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