A contemporary children's book that embodies the tension between the good sense and nonsensee found in Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat is the delightful If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Numeroff and illustrated by Felicia Bond. The pig in question, much like the cat, takes a simple situation and makes more and more outrageous requests- eventually creating chaos-before making a circular route back to the beginning.
Children of all ages will enjoy this book- the illustrations make it impossible to 
not fall in love with the antagonist. The requests begin benignly enough, syrup for the pancake, only to become more and more complex as the book progresses. The host becomes more and more frazzled, much like the children in
not fall in love with the antagonist. The requests begin benignly enough, syrup for the pancake, only to become more and more complex as the book progresses. The host becomes more and more frazzled, much like the children in The Cat in the Hat, as she attempts to placate her guest. The logical, yet ridiculous, requests will have students engaged in guessing what could be next.
Extension lessons could include sequencing, making predictions, and word recognition. Several websites offer lesson plans using this book series.
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