Mechanism, Experiment, Disease: Marcello Malpighi and Seventeenth-century Anatomy

Fat Pigs Fly! is a delightful story that will spark the imagination of children. Pigs that can fly? Yes, and one of the flying pigs in this story takes a girl for a ride in the sky. The only problem is when the pig has an itch on his back while they are flying high in the sky. You will see smiles and hear giggles as children read the story and look at the beautiful illustrations on each page. The best part of this book is that it is written by an Elementary School Teacher who has incorporated 41 of the 220 Basic High Frequency Sight Words into the rhyming story. Sight words are often the guideposts for comprehension of the entire sentence. Since these words are needed to be recognized instantly, they allow for smooth reading and the building of confidence in reading. A list of the Sight Words used in this story is provided at the end of the book.