Review: Great Computer Still Illustrations, Has a Positive Message for Kids, Well Sort of
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 8, 2012
Previously I've read My Pet Dragon by the same author, like with that book the illustrations are in another league above the simple story that accompanies them and the reason for purchasing the book.  Pigtastic isn't as long as My Pet Dragon, I was expecting it to have a bit more content.  Basically it's an anti depression, maybe at the result of bullying keep your chin up, think positive tale. A pig talks to the reader about when it feels down, it remembers it's pigtastic and everything is great again.  A great message for sure, but the majority of the text has the pig working out (as in exercising) and not changing, as in well that's why I'm fat, but oh well that's me there isn't anything I can do about it. This isn't going to be the case if an obese child who is being made fun of and is depressed was given opportunities and support to exercise in real life. It's just the wrong message in a world where a lot of people look for excuses or have an its not my fault attitude to various things not just being overweight, it's just the wrong message to pass on to the next generation.  It would have been a better story if the pig wasn't exercising if the point was to except everyone for how they look. Maybe the text could have focused on its big nose which the pig can't change or something like this.Again though the illustrations are brilliant which bring the book up overall in my rating.  Like with My Pet Dragon I could easily see physical copies of this book being marketed with a bonus little toy figure of the pig and selling well.