
By Anne Miranda, Janet Stevens (Illustrator)
A market trip leads to chaos as animals take over the house.
After a trip to the market, a shopper's home turns into a zoo. A pig escapes, a lamb lounges on the bed, and a cow claims the couch. Can the narrator restore order before lunch is ruined? Dive into this hilarious twist on a classic rhyme where animals run wild, leaving chaos in their wake. Will the shopper manage to corral the unruly guests, or will the house remain a barnyard forever? Discover the delightful pandemonium that ensues when a simple shopping trip spirals out of control.
A funny twist on the classic rhymeWhat happens after a shopper goes “to market, to market, to buy a fat pig”? Back home the pig promptly escapes, and soon the pig’s in the kitchen, the lamb’s on the bed, the cow’s on the couch–and the rest of the animals are wreaking havoc throughout the house!”The skillfully wielded visual anarchy explodes off the page. This is one market trip children will wish to take again and again.” –Publishers Weekly
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