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Waltur Buys a Pig in a Poke and Other Stories
By Gregorich, Barbara & Sorra, Kristin
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-61847-306-9
- Publisher
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 2006
Gr 1-4 Gregorich has fun with idioms in this easy reader featuring a single-minded bear. First, Waltur plans to get a pet and his friend Matilda cautions him, -Do not buy a pig in a poke, - meaning sight unseen. He takes the advice literally and purchases a pig sealed not in a bag, but in a box, and ends up with an unpleasantly bossy porker. Next, the enterprising bear plans to raise chickens from eggs and sell them for honey money. When Matilda warns, -Don -t count your chickens before they are hat...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
