Author Judith Peck uses imagination and ingenuity to present a story that successfully imparts the intended message in an entertaining way to young readers. The humor and the bouncy rhymes, coupled with bright watercolor illustrations by Nancy Eisen, further enhance the appeal. The pink and chubby piggy bank loves dinner time… but one day jumps off the shelf and runs away. When he is finally caught, he explains…every night his hunger is satisfied by coins, but in the morning, shaken [up] … he is hungry again the whole day long [and] implores. “See how I’m getting thin? Please when you give my meal to me, why can’t you leave it in?” Runaway Piggy Bank will be a runaway success with young readers with its vibrant artwork and rhyming verse tailor-made for reading aloud.
BookWire Review, May, 2005
