Portly Pig is a children's board book by illustrator Axel Scheffler (known for The Gruffalo) about a pig who loves mud and searches for a muddy puddle on a farm, featuring a sound button that makes pig oinking noises. Part of the "Farmyard Friends" series, the story follows Portly as he gets dirty, gets washed clean by rain, and then goes back to get muddy again, with simple rhyming text and Scheffler's signature colorful illustrations.
Key details
- Illustrator: Axel Scheffler
- Genre: Children's literature, board book, fiction
- Series: Farmyard Friends (or Sound-Button Stories)
- Publication Date: February 6, 2018 (US)
- Key Feature: A large blue sound button on the cover that plays pig grunts and other farm sounds when pressed on each page
- Plot: Portly Pig feels too clean and searches for mud, finds a puddle, gets muddy, gets washed by rain, and returns to the puddle to get dirty again.
Portly Pig by Axel Scheffler
Portly Pig is a children's board book by illustrator Axel Scheffler (known for The Gruffalo) about a pig who loves mud and searches for a muddy puddle on a farm, featuring a sound button that makes pig oinking noises. Part of the "Farmyard Friends" series, the story follows Portly as he gets dirty, gets washed clean by rain, and then goes back to get muddy again, with simple rhyming text and Scheffler's signature colorful illustrations.