A Perfect Pork Stew
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Assigned across 1 curriculum list · 1 state
Grade placement varies by school — the median assigned book spans 4 grade levels (83% span three or more, across 13,258 source-cited assignments).
A Perfect Pork Stew by Paul Brett Johnson is assigned in US schools at grades k–3. It appears across 1 curriculum reference and 1 state, sourced from state DOE pages and AP/IB/Common Core syllabi. Every citation below links to the primary source.
This page shows where A Perfect Pork Stew is assigned in US schools — curricula, states, grades, and the primary-source citations behind each placement. Not a summary or study guide.
- Grade range
- Grades K–3
- Age range
- Ages 5–8
- First published
- 1998
- Genre
- Fairy Tale/Folklore
- ISBN-13
- 9780531330708
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Why widely assigned
This Fairy Tale/Folklore title, typically at grades k–3. Written in the 1990s; pairs with curriculum units on witches and baba yaga (legendary character); cited across 1 curriculum framework.
Themes
witches · baba yaga (legendary character) · pigs, fiction
Where this book is assigned
Kentucky Bluegrass Award
- recommended·Kindergarten grade · Kentuckysource: Kentucky Association of School Librarians — Kentucky Bluegrass Award Winner's Circle, 1999 winner (K-3)
- recommended·1st grade · Kentuckysource: Kentucky Association of School Librarians — Kentucky Bluegrass Award Winner's Circle, 1999 winner (K-3)
- recommended·2nd grade · Kentuckysource: Kentucky Association of School Librarians — Kentucky Bluegrass Award Winner's Circle, 1999 winner (K-3)
- recommended·3rd grade · Kentuckysource: Kentucky Association of School Librarians — Kentucky Bluegrass Award Winner's Circle, 1999 winner (K-3)
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Common questions
- What grade level is A Perfect Pork Stew?
- A Perfect Pork Stew is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades K–3. It appears on 1 school reading list across 1 state. Exact placement varies by school and district.
- What curricula assign A Perfect Pork Stew?
- A Perfect Pork Stew appears on reading lists for Kentucky Bluegrass Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is A Perfect Pork Stew banned in schools?
- A Perfect Pork Stew does not appear in PEN America's Index of School Book Bans 2022-2024. No documented multi-district removals on record, but individual districts may challenge titles locally.
- What themes does A Perfect Pork Stew explore?
- Central themes in A Perfect Pork Stew include witches, baba yaga (legendary character), pigs, fiction.
Why this book is on this list
How we classifyHide
Each dimension below is sourced from a public reference. The full framework is documented on the classification standard page.
- Lexile measure
- Not classified — this book has no published Lexile measure.
- Grade band
- Grades K–3 — drawn from state ELA frameworks and AP/IB syllabi citing this book.
- Curriculum alignment
- Cited in 1 curriculum on this site (see “Where assigned” above for primary-source links).
- State-level evidence
- Cited in 1 state ELA framework or DOE list (see citations above).
- Removal / banning records
- No tracked removal or challenge records in cited sources.
- Seasonal / contextual tags
- Tagged for: book-club.