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Summary: Whoa.
Review: This book is one of those 'you laugh, you cry' books. When I first read it, I finished it at school. I had to leave the room because I was going to cry! It's that good. At some parts you laugh at Rob's confusion with the world around him, and at other parts, you cry with him through his suffering. This is an incredible story. Rob and Haven Peck will make an impact on your life.
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Summary: Makes 'Charlotte's Web' seem like Walt Disney
Review: 'A day no Pigs would Die' brings the animal (a pig named Pinky) up to the level of a human, then quickly reverses the philosophy while forcing Pinky's adoring owner to do what he must despite his love for the animal. This book shows that while animals can be loved as pets, humans will forever, even subconciously, distance themselves from them. I was left feeling numb, wondering what type of species I belonged to.
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Summary: A book that will make your heart cry out!
Review: This book, at first, was horrible and could bore a preacher to death. The language that they characters spoke was incredibly hard to understand. Then I got to the middle of it and it wasn't great, but it wasn't bad. It made me cry so hard I couldn't stand it. If you are one of those people that can't stand animal abuse I don't recommend that you read this book. I am glad that I am finished reading it. I don't think that I could stand anymore tears. I define it as being: A.different B.sweet C.creul D.sad
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Summary: It is a extermely boring and dull book.
Review: I don't recommend this book to others. This book starts very fast past and then winds down. At first the language that it is spoken in is extermely hard to understand. It opens as the boy skips school and is wandering and finds his neighbors cow about to give birth. Then he sees that she is having problems and tries to help her. If want your sanity don't read it. I am only reading this book because it is a school assignment. Give this book two stars is being very generous.
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Summary: good coming of age novel
Review: This novel is a great book for below level readers over the age of 12, as it deals with some mature subjects. I enjoyed the coming of age aspect of the novel, and its innocence as a Shaker boy grows up under a father that knows nothing past what the Book of Shaker has taught him. However, I was slightly disappointed in that although the boy is forced to mature at an early age, he also stops his questioning of the Shaker ways which separated him from his father before. He seems to finally just accept life for what it is, which can be a good thing, but can also destroy dreams. The novel is a great way for readers to see the ways of the Shaker life, and a boy's genuine love and respect for his parents, which is so often missed today.
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Summary: It was a exciting book!
Review: I think it was sad in one part and exciting on another part.
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Summary: Great if you grew up with Soup and loved it.
Review: Robert Newton Peck has done it again in a whole new way with "A Day No Pigs Would Die". You may pick up this book expecting the charming humor we all loved in the Soup books. This book has no lack of humor but it is much more serious than you may think Mr.Peck to be. "A Day No Pigs Would Die" is a seious lookat his shaker upbrining and his quick jump from boy to man.It also manages to fit in the sacrifice of his best friend for the survival of his family. This was a wonderful book I would recomend to anyone who was raised on Soup. It will leave you with a grate deal more gratitude for what you have than it found you with.
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Summary: This novel has it all.
Review: From helping a cow strain through birth to trying to find a place for your pig to sleep. The loves and losses of the Vermont farm life are all too simple for one Robert Peck. His fun and sorrows are found all tied together in one bind. This novel has it all, laughs and tears. This matieral is strongly reccomended to any one who enjoys reading.
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Summary: Good Book
Review: ''A Day No Pigs Would Die'' This week I read a book called, "A Day No Pig's Would Die." The author of this book is named, Robert Newton Peck. The genre of this book is an adventure fiction. The setting takes place in a town called Learning. This book has approximately 150 pages. The book is about a kid named Robert and he helps a cow named Apron to have her calf. Robert also helps Apron get a goiter out of her neck, because she had a hard time breathing. The next day Mr. Tanner, his neighbor, gave him a little pig. Robert gave lots of love to the female pig, and they had glorious times together. The characters' in this book are Robert, Papa, Mama, Aunt Carrie, and Mr. Tanner. The characters are nice, loving, and responsible. The people in the story do not change only Papa, because he dies, and that's why they called the book "A Day No Pigs Would Die." I think someone else would like to read this book, because it is adventurous, fun, and interesting. I liked this story because the author has a lot of detail in his writing, the characters' in the book were real, and it was a true story. I disliked the last two chapters because they had a very sad ending with two things dead. The most thing I will remember about this book is about the pig, called Pinky, and how she died. Papa killed Pinky because, Samson, a male pig mated with her but, Pinky could not produce babies. My favorite quotations from the book are, "You mean -- this pig is going to be mine?", "Gosh'em Moses. Thanks Mr. Tanner,'' and "Your pa is slaughtering today, is he?" This book was very easy because it was not one of the more challenging books that I have read before. 4th Grader CWO
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Summary: Great in teaching old time values!
Review: I have used this book for several years in my classroom of lower level students as a novel unit in which I created my own materials and projects. This book has taught my students alot about how life used to be and how young adults looked up to their parents and the work that they did to earn a living. Also, to show my students how much neighbors helping neighbors was so important in those times. Many of the students had never even heard about such values that were held in those days. I would recommend this book for any classroom that needs a break from all the books that contain all the bad reminders of today's society.
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