A Normal Pig

By: K-Fai Steele

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Hardcover | 16 May 2019

At a Glance

Hardcover
40 Pages

Age
4+

Grade
1 - 2

Dimensions(cm)
28.5 x 22.5 x 1.0

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This charming picture book celebrates all our differences while questioning the idea that there is only one way to be “normal.”

Pip is a normal pig who does normal stuff: cooking, painting, and dreaming of what she’ll be when she grows up.

But one day a new pig comes to school and starts pointing out all the ways in which Pip is different. Suddenly she doesn’t like any of the same things she used to... the things that made her Pip.

A wonderful springboard for conversations with children, at home and in the classroom, about diversity and difference.

About the Author

K-Fai Steele is an artist based in San Francisco, California. Some of her many interesting jobs and experiences include installing The Starry Night at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, joining an artist collective living in an old coffin factory in Philadelphia, building archival enclosures for very old books in a library, launching maker-space programs for urban libraries, and advising educators nationally on ways that libraries and museums can be places of learning for youth.

She currently works for the National Writing Project, and is a recipient of the Ezra Jack Keats/Kerlan Memorial Fellowship. A Normal Pig is her debut as an author-illustrator.

Industry Reviews

"Steele communicates her message that "normal" is in the eye of the beholder without a whiff of preachiness. Her cartoon pigs, done in watercolor with assured, black outlines, are appealing, and any child who feels they stand out in any way will identify and feel empowered. Delightful and important." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Steele shows how powerful and comforting a wider perspective can be. The watercolor-and-ink cartooning combines a keen eye for domestic and school dynamics with a sweet goofiness that pulls readers through the story, until Pip emerges at the end a wiser and stronger pig." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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