About this item
Kindness is on the menu! Pizza Pigs pizza parlor is the place to be, where animals can order whatever their taste buds desire in this entertaining Step 2 beginning reader. WINNER of the 2019 Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award for Beginning Fiction!Penguins like their pizza cold. Rats want cheese with extra mold! Customers at Pizza Pigs get whatever they want on their pizzas! But why isnt Turtle eating? It turns out that one is the loneliest number when it comes to a bustling pizza joint filled with groups of animals. All Turtle needs is a friend to whet her appetite! This rhyming story about pizza, compassion, and friendship is sure to tickle young readers. Step 2 Readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories, for children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help. Rhyme and rhythmic text paired with picture clues help children decode the story.
About the Author
Diana Murray grew up in New York City. She still lives nearby with her husband, two very messy children, and a goldfish named Pickle. Diana's award-winning poems have appeared in magazines such as Highlights, High Five, Spider, and Ladybug. Diana is the author of several forthcoming picture books, including CITY SHAPES, NED THE KNITTING PIRATE, GRIMELDA THE VERY MESSY WITCH, and GROGGLE'S MONSTER VALENTINE. http://www.dianamurray.com
