Book Review: Desert Rose and Her Highfalutin Hog by Alison Jackson
Published by Walker & Co., 2009
Get ready to kick your heels while you read this fun, read-aloud Texan picture book! Rose was cleanin’ the pigs’ muck when she discovered a gold nugget. She bought the fattest pig she could find to enter the Texas State Fair. However, she took a shortcut and came across a creek. The pig would not get in the water, nor drink it. This starts a chain reaction–she asks many animals to help her such as a coldhearted coyote, a persnickety snake, a bothersome bronco, and an armdillo with an attitude. Finally, she coaxed the armadillo into helping her by rewarding it with a two hundred pound bag of bugs. Rose and her highfalutin hog win the prize at the fair.
This is a great book for retelling. Ask your child to tell you what happened first, next, which animals came next, and what happened at the end. Your child could even draw a picture about the book. This is also a fun book to read in a southern accent–make it up if you have to!
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