Jillian Jiggs

by Phoebe Gilman

Book Overview

No one can keep up with Jillian Jiggs. With boundless energy and imagination, Jillian rushes from game to game. One minute she's a robot, the next minute she's a tree. How can she take time to clean... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439989531
• ISBN13: 9780439989534
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: North Winds Press
• Length: 36 Pages
• Weight: 0.13 lbs.

Customer Reviews

jillian jillian jillian jiggs! it looks like your room has been lived in by pigs!

this is a great story, both to read out loud and to read alone. it's about a girl whose mother wants her to clean her room, but her friends come over and they end up playing instead. her mother tells her a few times to go clean her room and she seemingly goes to do it, but she takes her friends with her, as well as her baby sister, and they get distracted by their imaginations, so we get to see them pretending to be a bunch of different things. at the end though her mother puts her foot down and tells jillian to clean her room, so she tells her friends to come back when her room is neater. the book rhymes, which is amazing for reading out loud, or for singular readings, the flow is nice. the illustrations are great too, the characters look like they're having fun. the way they're drawn conveys a lot of energy and excitement, and yet the drawings are simple... i guess they kind of remind me of children themselves, not a whole lot to them, but invest your time and you'll have more than your share of fun. this whole series is great. i recommend.

JILLIAN JIGGS - WONDERFULLY CREATIVE

I have read this book over and over to myself and to the children in my childcare centre. I can honestly say, of all the books I've read and heard, this one would be in my top 10 list along with the rest of the Jillian Joggs series. Gillman writes a magical story that inspires children to be creative and imaginative. The illustrations are colourful and thought provoking. The story is full of surprises, gets kids excited and keeps their interest the whole way through!

Great Children's Book.

If I had one word to describe this book, it would definately be "AWESOME!" Jillian Jiggs is about a little girl who (like most kids) HATES to clean her room. But she always promises her mom that she *will* clean it, but then forgets when her friends come over. Jillian, her 2 friends, and her little sister play a bunch of games, and keep making her room messier. This book is really funny, I totally recommend buying it!Overall grade: A+

My Favorite Kids Book!

When I was young I loved the book! I know main phrase still "Jillian, Jillian , Jillian Jiggs, Its like your room has been lived in by pigs!" "Later I promise, as soon as Im through. Ill clean my whole room up, I promise, I do." I searched & searched my house for it when I needed it for a school project but couldnt find it anywhere! So i tried here. I love this book I recommend it to everyone!

Delightful book that will be read again and again

This book has a strong spunky girl as the main character who has imagination to spare...and a messy room to show for it! Young readers can follow Jillian, her little sister and friends through game after game of dress-up and adventure. Needless to say, Jillian's mom is a little distressed about the state of Jillian's room... I bought this book when my own daugher Jillian was an infant because of the names being the same. Little did I realize this book would become the story of my life with my efforts to keep the house clean all in vain because of my daughter's play acting. Our little sister tries to keep up just as the one in the book does, but is always just a step behind. We have given over 4 dozen of the paperback version of this book away as gifts, and everyone has loved it!