Hogwood Steps Out

A Good, Good Pig Story

By Mansfield, Howard & Moser, Barry

Publishers Summary:
THE GOOD, GOOD PIG GETS HIS OWN PICTURE BOOK, PERFECT FOR YOUNG READERS.Christopher Hogwood is definitely a pig with personality! He’s bright, curious, and has just a slight infatuation with rich, inviting mud. Hogwood Steps Out is Howard Mansfield’s fictionalized account of his own pig’s behavior on a fine spring day, a pig made famous in his wife Sy Montgomery’s book, The Good Good Pig. Barry Moser’s luminescent paintings give Hogwood a personality that is all his own, allowing him to remind us to notice all the little wonderful things that surround us every day.

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ISBN
978-1-59643-269-7
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press


REVIEWS

School Library Journal

Reviewed on June 1, 2008

PreS-Gr 2 Mansfield has written a short, loving reminiscence of Christopher Hogwood, a well-loved pig adopted and raised by him and his wife, naturalist writer Sy Montgomery. "The Good, Good Pig" (Ballantine, 2006) details their life with Christopher from a tiny runt carried home in a shoebox to the huge (700-plus pounds) hog whose loving personality deeply touched their lives and the lives of their hens, their neighbors, friends, and eve...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on January 1, 2008

Pig Christopher Hogwood, lured out into the springtime sunshine, can't resist the gardener's juicy lettuces and the rich soil...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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