A hungry fox can’t believe his luck when a pig actually shows up on his doorstep. “Oh no!” screams the piglet, who’s mistaken the fox’s house for Rabbit’s. “Oh yes!” the fox gleefully replies, grabbing the pig and getting out the frying pan. But all is not what it seems in Keiko Kasza’s crafty tale. The fox’s dinner preparations grow more and more complex as the pig points out how dirty he is (resulting in a nice warm bath), how scrawny he is (a nice big meal to fatten him up), and how tough he is (a tenderizing massage). By the night’s end, Fox is too exhausted to cook the pig, while the sly swine has had a treatment worthy of the finest spa. Kasza delivers a cunning ending that makes an already hilarious story even funnier. This delightful book will make a terrific read-aloud. (Ages 3–7)

Who's having a lucky day is in this clever, hilarious trickster tale?

When a delicious-looking piglet knocks on Mr. Fox's door "accidentally," the fox can hardly believe his good luck. It's not every day that dinner just shows up on your doorstep. It must be his lucky day! Or is it?

 

Before Mr. Fox can say grace, the piglet has manipulated him into giving him a fabulously tasty meal, the full spa treatment (with bath and massage), and . . . freedom.

In a funny trickster tale of her own, Kasza keeps readers guessing until the surprise ending when they'll realize it was piglet's lucky day all along.