Beginning Pearls (Volume 1) (Pearls Before Swine Kids)

What is it about Pearls Before Swine? Irreverent. Poorly-drawn. Often ridiculous. Too many puns. Sometimes not even funny. And yet this is one of the best comic strips still being produced. When it hits its mark, it really hits its mark. Pig and Rat are standouts. I don’t much care for any storyline that involves the croc family.My daughter absolutely loves loves loves Pearl Before Swine, which has become disproportionately important in our lives. My daughter is on the autism spectrum, and when she has an Aspie Meltdown that she just can not recover from, I hand her one of these books. The transformation is immediate, and within a minute or two she is in her room howling with laughter instead of being in the throes of a meltdown. Distraction is a wonderful thing. And no, she is not manipulating me. This is literally my very last line of defense, the last resort I turn to when all else has failed. No other book has ever had this effect. Just Pearls Before Swine.As you can imagine, I have bought EVERY Pearls Before Swine book. We are down to our last two, but fortunately now the Aspie Meltdowns are few and far between. Still, Stephan Pastis, hurry and churn out more, please! :)

Hilarious and kid-appropriate! You will laugh!

My 8 year old son loves these books! Made a great gift!

It was in garbage condition when we got it.

Our boys - 12 and 8 - love the whole series and read them repeatedly.

I gave a set to my Grandson and he finished the whole thing in 2 days.Pastis is as funny to a kid as he is adults....

Hilarious.

My Grandson loved this!

Very funny especially love the character rat.

Its a fun book for children.

Book arrived quickly and my kid LOVED it! Thanks! :)

great