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Four Legs Bad, Two Legs Good!
By Johnson, D. B.
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-61880-909-7
- Publisher
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2007.
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2007
PreS-Gr 3 Johnson, who also has produced homages to Henry David Thoreau with his "Henry" picture books (Houghton), tackles another complex idea, distilling for young readers a taste of the philosophy behind George Orwell's "Animal Farm" (without that book's heavy sense of foreboding). Orvie, a pig who walks on two legs, sits all day "holding up the barn" while Duck, Goat, Donkey, and Cow do the chores and cater to his every whim. Duck rebels at this tyranny (after all, she ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
Pig Orvie, who walks on two legs and whose motto is "4 legs bad, 2 legs good," lazes around while others toil. Duck gets the ani...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
