![]() ![]() If this is your first book, get it for free. Who hasn't seen or been that kid? Ages 3 5. The Book Hog loves books the way they look, the way they feel, the way they smelland hell grab whatever he can find. Get The Book Hog audiobook by Greg Pizzoli on Speechify and enjoy the best listening experience. The Book Hog by Greg Pizzoli Settle down with this funny book and learn about the magic of reading as a kind librarian. ![]() And, as always in a Pizzoli book, there are wonderful details: readers will note that the markings on spines of the books go from fuzzy lines to actual titles when the Book Hog learns to read, and that in one spread, he raptly stands right by the librarian's chair, clutching its arm as she reads aloud to the group. Pizzoli once again employs a candy-colored palette and an ebullient cast the pink-and-green look, and even some of the characters, are reminiscent of his The Watermelon Seed. He had never learned." Then Book Hog discovers the library ("he smelled some books inside") and a whole community of book lovers, including a kind librarian whose attentiveness and story times inspire him "over time, and with practice" to become a reader. Book Hog has a big secret: "He didn't know how to read. But reading procrastination is not his problem. He especially liked the ones with pictures"). ![]() ![]() Pizzoli's porcine protagonist certainly accumulates books he's a relentless buyer and forager and he adores each volume ("He loved the way they smelled, and the way the pages felt in his hooves. The Japanese word tsundoku describes books that have piled up in a home without being read. ![]()
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