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    Pug & Pig Trick-or-Treat is an adorable Halloween picture book

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    By Jessica on October 10, 2017 ages 2 & up, Halloween, picture books
    Pug and Pig Trick or TreatPUG & PIG TRICK-OR-TREAT, by Sue Lowell Gallion and Joyce Wan, Beach Lane Books, July 25, 2017, Hardcover, $17.99 (ages 2-8)

    Last October, Sue Lowell Gallion and Joyce Wan introduced young readers to an adorable duo — Pug and Pig. This fall, the unexpected friends are back for a Halloween adventure in Pug & Pig Trick-or-Treat.

    It’s Halloween and Pug and Pig are getting ready for the big night. They have matching skeleton costumes that glow in the dark, and they have cute little masks to hide their identities.

    Pig is in heaven! She loves the snug fit of her costume and can’t wait to get going. Pug, on the other hand, is not so happy. His insides feel squished and his outsides squashed. So he does the only logical thing and rips it off.

    Pug doesn’t care about Halloween, but Pig does. He can see how sad his friend is and gets an idea — maybe a shadow is just what Pig needs.

    Pug & Pig Trick-or-Treat is a great book about friendship. But it’s more than that. It’s a primer in problem solving, too. Not only is Pug aware of Pig’s feelings, he acts on them as well. He wants them to both be comfortable in their own skin. Most importantly, it shows that friends can still be friends even when they want different things.

    Like its predecessor, Pug & Pig Trick-or-Treat offers sparse text that serves as a framework for charming illustrations. Pug and Pig are so cute that younger kids are naturally drawn to them.

    I do think the suggested age range of 2-8 is a bit of a reach, unless the 7- or 8-year-old is reading it to a younger sibling or friend.

    Pug and Pig Trick or Treat


    Sue Gallion has some great Pug and Pig extras on her website, including a free four-color Halloween activity kit.

    Pug and Pig Trick or Treat

    © 2017, Cracking the Cover. All rights reserved. Unless otherwise noted, all books — digital and physical — have been provided for free by publishers in exchange for honest and unbiased reviews. All thoughts and opinions are those of the reviewer.

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    Jessica Harrison is the main reviewer behind Cracking the Cover. Prior to creating Cracking the Cover, Jessica worked as the in-house book critic for the Deseret News, a daily newspaper in Salt Lake City. Jessica also worked as a copy editor and general features writer for the paper. Following that, Jessica spent two years with an international company as a social media specialist. She is currently a freelance writer/editor. She is passionate about reading and giving people the tools to make informed decisions in their own book choices.

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