On very rare occasions we make friends with a person who is just like us. Most of the time our friends have different interests, and different approaches to life, and we have to adapt or compromise if we want the friendship to flourish.
In today's picture book you will meet two animals who are very different and who have unique challenges to overcome.
Pig and Small
In today's picture book you will meet two animals who are very different and who have unique challenges to overcome.
Pig and Small
Alex Latimer
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Random House UK, 2013, 978-0-552-56543-1
One morning Pig notices that his nose is squeaking. His
nose has never squeaked before and though it appears to be working properly, it
never stops squeaking. Pig doesn’t find any information about Squeaky Nose
Syndrome so he takes a good look at his snout and there, on the end of it, is a
bug, and the bug is squeaking. In fact the bug is “waving and squeaking like
mad,” which Pig realizes is Bug’s way of asking if Pig will be his friend.
Pig gets out his
tandem bike and the two new friends head for the park. Of course bug’s legs are
too short to reach the pedals so Pig ends up doing all the work. When they get
to the park Bug decides to thank Pig for the bike ride by giving Pig a cake
that he made. Unfortunately, the cake is so small that Pig doesn’t notice or
comment on the lovely decorations that Bug put on the cake. Pig just eats it
whole in one gulp.
Pig and Bug try
to play chess, but the pieces are too heavy for Bug to move. Bug knits a pair
of sweaters, one for himself and one for Pig, but Pig’s sweater is too small
for him. Sadly, Pig and Bug realize that they just cannot be friends. They are
just too different.
Sometimes we
make friends with people who are a lot like us and our friends almost become an
extension of ourselves. At other times
we befriend people with whom we have some things in common, but who are also
different from us in big ways.
This often funny
and very sweet picture book explores how two very different animals try to find
common ground so that they can be friends. It is not easy, but it can be done.
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