http://evpl.org/community/search/SearchResults.aspx?a=1&o=DateDescending&tag=books,pig,authors+and+illustrators&orTags=0Search results matching tags 'books', 'pig', and 'authors and illustrators'en-USCommunityServer 2008 SP1 (Build: 30619.63)http://evpl.org/community/blogs/kids/archive/2008/11/03/if-you-turnip-your-nose-at-these-books-you-ll-be-in-the-doghouse.aspxMon, 03 Nov 2008 18:46:00 GMT9a7b961d-7882-4302-b701-732ca0e566f2:818mrsweasley@evpl<p><img style="float:left;margin:10px;" src="http://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=III21&amp;Password=BT0005&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0152060723" alt="" width="100" height="110" /><img style="float:right;margin:10px;" src="http://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=III21&amp;Password=BT0005&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9780152065331" alt="" width="100" height="110" />Pig and Mouse have a surprise for Cow&#39;s birthday! They are baking the best birthday cake ever! &nbsp;Duck wants to help, but who wants TURNIPS for their birthday? Who indeed? <em>A Birthday for Cow </em>answers that question, while its companion story <em>The Doghouse</em> raises new questions. Who or what is in the doghouse? Why is it that no one who goes <em>in</em> comes <em>out</em>? And what&#39;s this about having Duck for dinner?</p> <p>Writer/illustrator Jan Thomas&#39;s skill with a few simple lines remind me of the Pigeon books by Mo Willems, and wild-eyed duck would probably LOVE to drive a bus (but don&#39;t let him!).&nbsp; </p>