The book, Pirates Don’t Take Baths, written and illustrated by John Segal tells the tale of a little pig who will say just about anything to get out of taking a bath. This book incorporates two characters, a parent and child pig, but don’t have names. These characters rely on dialogue to develop throughout the book. The parental pig can be identified by its size and its dialogue, same for the child pig. The story involves a lot of questions posed by the parental pig as the child pig claims many identities to get out of taking a bath. There is definitely an aspect of comedy as the child pig realizes his attempts of getting out of his bath are not working. In the end the parental pig gets the child pig to take his bath by getting him to find buried treasure in the bathtub that represents the ocean. The illustrations really bring out the child pig’s imagination and help to express his multiple identities. The illustrations take up a whole page which would make them easily visible to students if this book is read aloud to them. I would use this book in my classroom as a pleasure book but to also be used as a tool to get my student’s to wonder why taking a bath is important. Setting an example to my students about personal hygiene is an important lesson to teach and a good routine to establish young. Adorable book, about a little pig who doesnt want to take a bath, He comes up with any and evry proffesion there is that doesn't involve water and taking a bath... Until his mommy finally tricks him, into taking a bath and he didn't even notice. Until he was done and came out and realized he had just taken a bath. The colors were very light and subtle. An activity I would do with this book, is that I would have each child dress up in whatever they want to be when they grow up.
Do You like book Pirates Don't Take Baths (2011)?
I think kids will related to this pig with a giant imagination that doesn't want to take baths.
—tatsalice
My son absolutely loved this book. He giggled and laughed so hard while we read it.
—meescah
Read this during story time today, the kids loved it!
—Sophia
