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Pint Size Pets: Pig and Pug by Lynne Berry and Gemma Correll

8/22/2016

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By Mira Reisberg

I'm so excited to be sharing this delightful book about the trials and rewards of a budding friendship. Pig and Pug by Lynne Berry and illustrated by Gemma Correll is a wonderfully quirky children’s book featuring a pug-in-a-purse and a pig-in-a-pocket. Edited by Knopf/Random House editor, Julia Maguire while she was at Simon and Schuster, who worked with awesome art director Lucy Cummins to bring this book to life, this book is wonderful on many levels.

As soon as they meet, Pig and Pug are off to the races, doing what many children are delightfully skilled at—pushing each other’s buttons. Despite their similar stature, Pig and Pug don’t see eye to eye and both Lynne Berry and Gemma Correll do a fantastic job of showing this in words and illustrations. Lynne Berry has a grand time exploiting the alliteration of the letter P, especially with names like Pig and Pug. The short sentences and teasing dialogue make the story very appealing to all ages. Gemma’s simple limited color palette and incredibly expressive characters (keep an eye on their facial expressions!) indulging in recognizably child-like behavior truly brings Pig and Pug to rough and tumble life in a way that’ll keep you reading it over and over again.
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Note how the very simple clothing and limited color palette puts the focus on the character's expressions and reactions to each other. Also note the fun repetition.
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Also note how incredibly simple and fun these illustrations are and how effectively Gemma uses relatable color choices for emotional moments - red to show anger (with a scribble anger cloud to emphasize) and black to show tunneling vision and focus. I also love the cropped close up when Pig sees black.
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Pig and Pug's behavior mirrors each other to show the idea that people can be similar to each other and still have conflict.
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And here they are from the beginning - Pug in a purse and Pig in a pocket. I'm not going to give the ending away but it has a wonderful twist that mirrors this image (and real life) in a really fun way. So if you like to laugh and play with language, take a peek at this sweetie!
8 Comments
Elizabeth
8/22/2016 11:04:17 am

Thank you for introducing me to this work. I love the graphic simplicity of the illustrations and the playfulness of the language as well as the character's expressions. I'll be looking for the book and for your next post, as I always learn something new!

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Mira
8/25/2016 06:21:09 pm

Thank you so much for commenting. I'm glad that you enjoyed it :)

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T. Kathleen Ferry link
8/22/2016 11:41:54 am

Thanks for sharing this Mira!!

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Mira
8/25/2016 06:22:19 pm

My pleasure. I love kid lit and fun books like this that share a little about the kid experience (and sometimes the adult experience too) :) Thank you for commenting!

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Natinder Ferrer Manak
8/23/2016 02:29:33 am

Thank you for this wonderful delight, tongue twisting fantastic-ness and super wit.

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miraguy@gmail.com
8/25/2016 06:23:04 pm

You rock Natinder. So very very glad I'll have you in our illustration course <3

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Meredith Messinger link
9/8/2016 01:13:33 pm

Thank you for sharing this book with us! It's so clever and beautifully done!

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1/16/2018 08:42:09 am

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