After discovering that buttons look just like pigs' noses, Jillian Jiggs embarks on an extravagant pig-making enterprise. She makes pirate pigs, princess pigs, striped pigs, and plaid pigs and sells them for ten cents each. Full color.
Gilman Phoebe Books
Primarily an artist, this author crafts narratives that play with visual imagination, stemming from a lifelong love of books and the conviction that words can paint pictures in the mind. Despite formal art training, she discovered her writing voice through her daughter, inspiring her first work about a tree that blossoms balloons. Her path to publication was a long and challenging one, but she now shares her journey, encouraging aspiring writers to persevere and to always read and write.
The Balloon Tree
- 32 pages
- 2 hours of reading
Princess Leora must grow a magic balloon tree in order to warn the king that his kingdom is in jeopardy.
A Treasury of Jillian Jiggs
- 200 pages
- 7 hours of reading
L'?nergique Lili Tire-bouchon est un des personnages pr?f?r's de la litt?rature jeunesse de chez nous depuis plus de 20 ans. Ce nouveau recueil contient cinq histoires merveilleusement racont?es et superbement illustr?es par Phoebe Gilman, dont Lili Tire-bouchon , publi?e pour la premi?re fois en fran?ais. Il regorge d'histoires que les enfants voudront lire et relire: Lili Tire-bouchon, Lili Tire-bouchon ? la chasse aux monstres, Les beaux cochons de Lili Tire-bouchon, La surprise de Lili Tire-bouchon et Lili Tire-bouchon et ses cochons de neige . En plus de s'amuser ? trouver les objets cach's dans les illustrations, les jeunes pourront en apprendre davantage sur les sources d'inspiration de Phoebe Gilman.
Jillian Jiggs and the Secret Surprise
- 40 pages
- 2 hours of reading
Jillian Jiggs and her friends are back... and this time they're putting on a show! Jillian doesn't have any money to buy her little sister Rebecca's birthday present. Her friends Peter and Rachel remind her that the best presents are the ones that you make, so Jillian decides that they should surprise Rebecca by putting on a play. But things don't happen exactly the way she planned and Jillian winds up with a few surprises of her own!
Jillian Jiggs
- 36 pages
- 2 hours of reading
Jillian Jiggs-- who spends most of her time making up games and playing dress-up-- is much too busy to clean her room!
Mamie et les pirates
- 32 pages
- 2 hours of reading
