15 Pig Books for Preschoolers to Enjoy

Preschoolers will squeal with delight when you present them with this collection of pig books for preschoolers. Perfect for your farm-themed lessons!

Whether you’re studying farm animals in general or you’re focusing on pigs, be sure to add some fun books to your pig activities for preschoolers. This collection is a great place to start!

Pig Books for Preschoolers

Below, I’ve featured just a handful of pig books for preschoolers that will help your little ones learn more about these fun animals.

You should be able to find them at your local library or bookstore. If you can’t find them locally, you can click each image cover to purchase them on Amazon.

Olivia – Have fun with Olivia… dressing up, singing songs, building sand castles, napping (maybe), dancing, painting on walls, and — whew! — going to sleep at last!

Pigs to the Rescue – Farmer Greenstalk and his family have the darnedest luck. Broken-down tractors, kites stuck in trees―they’re always having problems! It’s a good thing they have such helpful farm animals on hand.

Pig and Pug – Pig lives on a farm with lots of other animals. All the animals have friends, but Pig does not. One day a new animal comes to the farm. Pug has a curly tail like Pig. Pug plays in the mud like Pig. Pug even snorts like Pig. Pug is not a pig, but maybe, just maybe, Pig and Pug can be friends!

The Biggest Little Farm: Saving Emma the Pig – When Emma the pig arrives at the Apricot Lane Farm, she is about to give birth to piglets. But she is also sick, and after her seventeen babies arrive, Emma is unable to care for them. Taking care of seventeen piglets and a sick mama pig is a challenge for Farmer John and his team. But the cure for Emma reminds them what is most important―for pigs and for humans: love and friendship.

Pig Out! – True to their porcine nature, a family of pigs overloads on pizza in a silly, super-easy story with a moral for everyone who’s ever pigged out!

Pigs! – You and your children will “squeal” with joy as you explore the surprising world of PIGS! From farm pigs to wild pigs and even pigs who swim in the Bahamas, you’ll discover a treasure trove of amazing facts about this little oinkers and be amazed at how beautiful and unique they can be.

Three Ninja Pigs – Why does this wolf think he can come to town and blow all the houses down? These three little pigs just aren’t going to take it from that bully anymore! The first starts aikido lessons—he’ll make mincemeat out of that wolf! His brother learns a little jujitsu–he’ll chop that guy to pieces!

The Pirate Pig – Who needs a treasure map when you have a pirate pig with a nose for gold? Stout Sam and his deckhand, Pip, find a pig washed up in a barrel on the beach. They want to keep her as a pet, but they soon realize Julie is no ordinary pig. She can sniff out treasure! What happens if Barracuda Bill, the greediest and meanest pirate who ever sailed the seas, hears about Julie’s special talent?

The True Adventures of Esther the Wonder Pig – When Steve and Derek adopted a mini pig named Esther, they had no idea that she would turn out to be not-so-mini after all. When her new family saw just how big and wonderful Esther really was, they fell in love–and their lives changed forever.

Little Pig – In each tale the mother animal takes care of her baby and keeps him out of trouble. The simple but true-to-nature stories of animals tending their babies are complemented with vivid, full-color illustrations on every page.

Dream Big Little Pig! – Poppy is a waddling, toddling pig with big dreams. She wants to be a star! But she soon discovers that’s not as easy as it sounds. It’s only when Poppy feels the magic of gliding and sliding, swirling and twirling on ice that our most persistent pig truly believes in herself: Poppy, star of the rink!

Three Little Pigs – The three little pigs have never looked so cute and the big bad wolf never looked so bad in this retelling of the classic fairy tale!

If You Give a Pig a Pancake – If you give a pig a pancake, she’ll want some syrup to go with it. You’ll give her some of your favorite maple syrup, and she’ll probably get all sticky, so she’ll want to take a bath. She’ll ask you for some bubbles. When you give her the bubbles…

Happy Pig Day! – It’s Happy Pig Day, a special holiday for Piggie and his friends. But will that mean that Gerald the elephant gets left out?

A Piglet Named Mercy – Mr. Watson and Mrs. Watson live ordinary lives. Sometimes their lives feel a bit too ordinary. Sometimes they wish something different would happen. And one day it does, when someone unpredictable finds her way to their front door. In a delightful origin story for the star of the Mercy Watson series, a tiny piglet brings love (and chaos) to Deckawoo Drive — and the Watsons’ lives will never be the same.

Which of these books about pigs will you read first?