Take your children on adventures with Muddy the Pig. They will learn lessons about friendship, fear and kind animals and the people who help them along the way. This book is an excellent book for parents to discuss children telling their parents where they are going. It presents in a gentle way the sadness a parent feels when she cannot find her little one. At the same time it shows how all can be nice to one another. All the animals on the farm were excited about the birth of the piglets and all were ready to help Lulu the mother pig with her little piglets. Teachers of preschoolers will also enjoy using this book in their farm theme activities.