6/29/2023 0 Comments My Lucky Day by Keiko Kasza![]() ![]() When the piglet comments that he would provide more meat if he were fatter, the fox dons a chef’s hat and serves up spaghetti and freshly baked cookies. But when the quick-thinking, dirty piglet suggests that he would be a better meal if he were clean, the fox prepares him a soothing bath. ![]() “This must be my lucky day!… How often does dinner come knocking on the door?” he exclaims, grabbing both the pig and a roasting pan. Publisher’s Weekly described the book this way, “While sharpening his claws to hunt for his breakfast, a not-so-sly fox answers a knock on his door and finds a tasty-looking piglet. To this day it remains one of my favorite picture books, so I was thrilled to see it make a high #87 on this list. I first heard about this book in library school when a fellow classmate read it aloud to all of us, turning the whole room into instant converts. ![]() Fantastic readaloud potential (or, if you memorize it by heart, storytelling potential). Really, when you get down to it, this book has everything. It’s an original trickster tale in the best sense of the word. ![]()
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