A review by librarian_tori
A Normal Pig by K-Fai Steele

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.