book: Miss Piggy's Night Out: Level 2 (Easy-to-Read, Puffin)

book: Miss Piggy's Night Out: Level 2 (Easy-to-Read, Puffin) | Sara Hoagland Hunter ...

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	• Miss Piggy's Night Out: Level 2 (Easy-to-Read, Puffin) Sara Hoagland Hunter Puffin, 1995 - 32 pages average customer review:based on 1 review view larger image
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A Fun Miss Piggy and Kermie Adventure - a review of Miss Piggy's Night Out"

Ms. Piggy is convinced she is star material, so it only seems right that she and Kermit dine at Cloud Nine, the restaurant where all the other stars and biggies go to eat and be seen. Expecting to be 'discovered' Miss Piggy is dressed to the nines, however things don't quite work out the way she expects. Her problem? She a... um... makes a pig of herself with a large hot chocolate and ends up with a huge glob of whipped cream on her nose. Chaos ensues and our poor porcine heroine ends up horribly embarrassed. But not to worry --**WARNING Spoiler** -- Kermit does just the right things and the book ends happily.

As a story, "Miss Piggy's Night Out" is a bit lame, but the warmth of the friendship between frog and pig, and the gentle humor draws children into the tale. My children didn't even give me a chance to close the book before they asked for it to be read again.

As a practice-reader I think it would be fine, but not for the age range that the publisher lists. Their Level 2 is described as being appropriate for Beginners in the 5 - 8 age range. To which I can only say that they must have a very broad definition of 'beginner' in mind. In my experience with my own two children [boy and girl; 5 and 7], and with children at their school, this book is much too hard for most first graders. There is a great deal of dialog, for one thing; and plenty of non-beginner words such as: answer, chocolate, another, shouted, movies, around, whipped, waiter, problem, pointing, everyone, and napkin.

And indeed the official AR (Accelerated Reading) designation is 2.0, which means that this book is generally suitable for entering second graders. [The AR designation is a general "guide" that rates books on a relative scale of difficulty. Children can certainly read at levels above and/or below their grade/age range.]

Three Stars. [C+ Above Average] The artwork is typical of Muppet books. The story is a good Read-aloud. The description of the book says that it is for "Beginning Readers" but in this mom's opinion it is too difficult for the average first grader.

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Miss Piggy, the beloved lady Muppet, wants to become a Hollywood star, but when she meets the famous Mr. Big, a movie maker, she encounters big, big trouble, in an easy-to-read story.