![]() When he arrives, Rosser adds a little improv to his act in the hope children will recognize “Piggy Behavior” as he begins his presentation, he said. “There’s just an energy, an electricity when I perform with kids or reading with (them),” he said.īefore speaking at campus assemblies, Rosser gives teachers and administrators enough notice to introduce “Piggy Nation” to their students. ![]() He has also discussed his works with several youngsters around the state, and plans on returning to Redlands in the near future to talk to children about “Piggy Nation” at school assemblies, he said. ![]() The musical is currently playing off-Broadway in New York, he said. Since creating the book several years ago, Rosser has held a number of writing workshops in the Los Angeles area and helped create a musical based on the series, which premiered at the Pierson Playhouse in Pacific Palisades. “And the best way to stop ‘Big Piggies’ is to teach them young,” Rosser told store staff as he waited for children to arrive for the two-hour event. He decided to channel his anger in a positive way, by creating the series to teach children - and adults - manners by avoiding “piggy behavior” such as littering or not picking up after their dog. Rosser got the idea for his book - which has spun into a series - after watching a man steal a parking space from his mother-in-law. The book tells the tale of Sammy, a young pig who learns manners through a series of events when he joins his dad on “Piggy Patrol.”Īs Sammy begins to ticket others for bad or rude behavior, the young pig soon learns that not everyone is an exception when it comes to “Piggy Behavior” - including his own pop. REDLANDS - Children’s author Richard Rosser entertained a handful of children inside the Frugal Frigate in downtown on Saturday, reading excerpts from his award-winning book, “Piggy Nation: A Day At Work With Dad.”
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