[bright music] - Hi, friends, my name is Anna.

This is Jada, and this is Jordan and we were just about to read a story together.

Would you like to join us?

Should they join us?

Should they join us?

Sure, [chuckles], all right.

So today what we're gonna be doing is we're going to be reading the book "Pigs Can't Look Up."

And this book is written by Vincent D'Onofrio and illustrated by Shelly Cunningham.

What does it mean when something is illustrated by somebody?

Do you know what that means, Jordan?

What does that mean?

- It means like all the pictures been drew.

- Yeah, they drew all the pictures.

So Shelly Cunningham is the one that drew the pictures and then Vincent D'Onofrio is the one that wrote the words.

Now, the special thing about this book and why I need both of your help to read this book is most books have lots and lots and lots of words, right?

- Yeah, like "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone."

- They have a bunch of words.

- Okay, so this book though, the story is told through mostly pictures and there's not as many words.

Okay, so what we're gonna do is we're gonna take a look and see if we can figure out the story from the pictures.

Now, this story is about a girl who has a friendship with a pig that lives on her farm, okay?

And she wants to try to help this pig do something that he's not able to do before.

Because something's interesting about pigs is that their bodies are made to always look down for food.

- Yes.

- Right?

So they actually can't look up the way you can, right, and you can, right?

- Yeah.

- They can't actually look up all the way because their bodies are- - They go like this much.

- Right, only a little bit, but their bodies are meant to keep their heads down so that they can find food easier.

So, let's see what happens in this book.

[soft music] What do you see on this first page, Jada?

- [Jada] A girl looking at these seven pigs.

- [Anna] Ooh, you see the seven little baby piglets?

- Yeah, and then the mom is like sleeping with them and then the girl's like looking at them and then the girl is like thinking the pig is gonna wake up the mommy one and it's just for the milk.

- Okay, maybe, what do you see, Jordan?

- I see the baby pigs eating the mom's milk and the girl is admiring the pigs.

- I like that word, the girl is admiring the pigs.

She is, she's looking at them and she kinda looks happy to see them, right?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

- [Anna] Awesome, let's see what happens.

All right, what do we see on this page, girls.

- [Jada] The girls like petting the pig like this.

And then there's like stars, there's like- - [Anna] Oh, you see the stars up in the corner.

- [Jada] And like a moon and there's like a lot of chickens.

- [Anna] Well, remember where does this story take place?

- At the farm.

- At the farm, right.

So it takes place at the farm so we see pigs and chickens.

- [Jada] And there's like a huge mom pig.

And there's this girl like holding a chicken on her head.

- [Anna] So, Jordan, why do you think she's holding the chicken on her head?

What is she trying to do?

- She's trying to make the pig look up.

- Right, she's trying to find all these creative ways to get the pig to look up.

What's she doing on this page, Jordan?

- [Jordan] So, she's on top of the tree holding a stick that has a rope on it and it's attached to the corn trying to make the pig look up because she knows that the pig's favorite food is corn so she thinks the pig can't resist it.

- [Anna] The pig can't resist it, but is the pig able to look up?

- No.

- No, she can't see it.

Pigs can't look up.

What do we see on this page?

- [Jordan] I know.

- [Anna] Go ahead, Jordan, why don't you start, Jordan, then you can tell me, Jada, okay?

- [Jordan] Okay, so I see that the pig and the girl are hanging out right next to the tree that the girl was hanging the corn along and the bird's watching them and there's a heart because I think they're like, like they're enjoying what they're doing.

- [Anna] Okay.

What do you think when you see the heart, Miss Jada?

- [Jada] So the heart maybe is love?

- Yeah.

- And the pig's like maybe talking and there's like a tire.

- [Anna] You see the tire swing, but maybe they kind of like each other, right?

Like they're good friends.

- Yeah.

- Mm-hmm.

- Ooh, I know.

- What's happening here?

You wanna start Jada first?

Okay, go ahead, what do we see on this page?

- [Jada] I see like a rope around it and like a moon and some stars and like a fence.

- [Anna] She's a really good artist.

- [Jada] A piggy and has some hay and a gate.

- All right, let's see what's going on on this page.

Ooh, Jordan, can you talk about this page, yeah, go ahead.

- [Jordan] So the girl is making fun of, and like these girls are saying, "ha ha, oink oink."

And it's like she's making really fun of and she's not feeling like- - [Anna] But why are they making fun of her?

- [Jordan] Because like she's friends with a pig.

- [Anna] Okay, Jada, what do you see on this page?

- [Jada] A pig like looking 'cause she's like... - [Anna] He's looking at her looks like fixing her boots.

- [Jada] Yeah, she's looking at her boots.

- [Anna] And look, they still care about each other, we still see all those hearts, right?

- [Jada] Yeah, and like stars.

- [Anna] And then what's going on over here?

- [Jada] The little chicky.

- [Anna] You like that little birdie that keeps appearing, right?

Well look at the pig's face in this picture.

How do you think the pig's feeling right now?

[Anna chuckles] So let's use some words.

How do you think the pig is feeling?

- Smiling.

- The pig is smiling, so how do you think the pig is feeling?

- [Jada] I think she's feeling happy, - [Anna] But I could pick a pig up one night.

Do you think she can actually pick up the pig?

- No.

- I was gonna say, the pig looks a little heavy, right?

So what do you think Jordan?

- [Jordan] I think that the girl's gonna walk up and I can see her reflection in the water.

- [Anna] And raise it into the sky and tilt this pig ever so gently.

All right, Miss Jada, what do you see on this picture?

- [Jada] The girl climbing up the fence.

And then she's got the rope.

- [Anna] I can make sure this pig's eyes line up with the stars.

Go ahead, Jordan, what do you see?

- [Jordan] I see that she is stacking piles of hay and putting 'em on top of each other.

- [Anna] She's tied this like red, almost like a blanket of some sort around the pig.

- It is.

- It is like a blanket.

- [Jordan] I think it's like something that that like cow and cowgirls wear.

- It looks a little bit bigger than a handkerchief.

That's why it looks like a really large scarf or maybe like a blanket, let's see.

Imagine seeing the stars for the first time.

What do you see, Jada, go ahead, what do you see?

- The rope is like around the fence and then like the red blanket and then he puts two legs on the hay and then it's making it more like look up more.

- Yeah, and what's the piggy seeing?

- The stars.

- The stars, magical stars.

How do you think the pig feels seeing these stars for the first time, Jordan?

- [Jordan] Very, very joyful, happy, and interesting.

- [Anna] And what's this constellation of?

[Jada oinking] - The piggy.

- The piggy constellation.

- It's cute.

- It's very cute.

I want to be treated that kindly and see the stars for the first time.

Aw, how is she feeling right now, now that she just accomplished what she had set out to do?

'Cause she had a plan and she accomplished it.

How is she feeling?

- [Jordan] he's feeling joyful.

- So I want you to think about what it means to be kind to somebody.

What's something that you can do?

- I know, I know.

- Oh, oh, oh, okay.

- What's something, let's start with Jada first, okay, hold on, let's start with Jada first.

So, Jada, what's something that you can do that's kind?

- If they don't know how to do something and they know how to do something and I don't know, them can just like teach me.

- So if you don't know how to do something and one of your friends knows how to do something, they can help you and they can teach you?

- Yeah.

- That would be very kind.

- I can be kind by including someone into my game.

- Okay, so by including people when you're playing like games at school?

- Yeah.

- That's great.

Well, you know what, both of you were very kind to read this book with me today, so thank you both for helping me read this story.

- You're welcome.

- I hope you enjoyed this story and I want you to think about different ways you can be kind in your family and in your school.

Well, until next time, bye.

[Jordan and Jada laughing]