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abigailbat's review
Pip has always felt like a normal pig, until a new kid at school starts rudely pointing out her differences. This book deals with feeling different and handling bullies, a message that clearly translates from Pip's pig family and community to readers' people families and communities.
librarian_tori's review
4.0
K-Fai Steele does a wonderful job of portraying differences and bullying in this story. Pip the pig - the only spotted one on the cover - is being bullied by a new kid, in large part because her lunches are very different. Pip's parents take the family into the city, where Pip interacts with all sorts of other people - whoops, pigs - who look and speak different from one another but play and enjoy the museum the same. When Pip returns to her homogenous community, she is more bold and brave in the face of bullying - and her special, different lunches even win over hearts. I wasn't a huge fan of the illustration style, but the author conveys the message deftly and appropriately for the target age group.
cbs5678's review
5.0
Loved the illustrations. Great for pre-K kids who live slightly different lives from their peers and for all to realize different doesn’t equal wrong.
jessalynn_librarian's review
4.0
August 2019 - between this one and [b:Noodlephant|40510934|Noodlephant|Jacob Kramer|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1541397698l/40510934._SX50_.jpg|62857650], I'm definitely looking out for Steele's future books! This one is a bit more cartoony in style, which again balances out the themes of what it means to be different, and what it means to live in a place where everyone else looks the same. It's a quick read, but Ben chose it again and again - he never explicitly made any comments identifying with Pip or feeling different than his classmates, but I can't help but wonder if it was just something he couldn't put into words yet.
jbrooxd's review
3.0
3.5 stars. Cute! A good message about being yourself. I thought it was interesting that everything was fine until a new kid showed up and started questioning everything.
mraible18's review
5.0
An adorable picture book with great art that I can really see helping kids feel more secure in standing out from the crowd!