Pigtastic!, by Scott Gordon, will entertain and teach children to accept people for who they are. Self-esteem and acceptance are the key themes in this picture book. This ebook is designed for young children between the ages of 3 and 6 years old.
About the Author
Scott Gordon is the author of several children's books, including My Little
Pet Dragon, My Crazy Pet Frog, Pigtastic! and A Little Book About You. Currently
he is hard at work on his next project, Baby Bee.
All of the proceeds for My Little Pet Dragon, My Crazy Pet Frog and Pigtastic!
are donated to the family of Alyssa Mowery. Last October, Alyssa, her sister
Rain and Amelia "Mia" Decker were struck by a car while crossing an
intersection. Alyssa was put into a coma, and nearly died from her injuries. Two
weeks later she awoke and spoke her first words since the accident. Her recovery
is a miracle, but she still has a long way to go.
We Are All Pigtastic!
This 25-page picture book features a very cute pink pig. The pig teaches children that we are all different and unique individuals and that we are special and fantastic in our own ways.
The pink pig tells us that the way we look on the outside or the amount of money we haven doesn't matter nearly as much as what is in our hearts.
My Thoughts
I really like the computer-generated illustrations in this book. Children will be drawn to the close-up views of the pink pig. The expressions on his face complement the text and I love the pictures of the pig with angel wings. Each page contains a large illustration and two to eight words of text.
The message in the text is important for children to learn. All people are different but we all have traits and talents that make us special. We should not judge others by how they look or what they have, we should look at their "hearts of gold."
I suggest that parents use this ebook as a read-aloud story for bedtime or quiet time. The illustrations will keep the attention of very young children. Older children will be able to read the text and understand the message that the story is advocating. I think we need to take advantage of every opportunity that we have to teach children how to accept others and value the things that really matter. This book is a winner in the game of life!
Rating: 5 Stars Out Of 5
FYI ~ I ordered this ebook from Amazon.Com when it was offered as a free digital download. Please check the price before ordering.
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We can all learn to avoid showing off how much we know, or trying to prove how much better, smarter, and stronger we are than the next person. When you become quietly self-confident, you won't have to shout, like Annie Oakley, "I can do anything better than you can."
After she had proven this very point, Annie lost her man in the play and film, Annie Get Your Gun. She didn't win him back until she tried just the opposite tactic—letting him prove that there were some things he could do better than she could.
Whenever you are tempted to be an Annie Oakley (and this applies whether you're a man or woman) stop and think. What good will it do you or the other person to prove that you're smarter than he is? He will only resent you for having shown him up.
It sometimes takes a lot of restraint to refrain from using four simple words: "I told you so." God bless everyone who learns this habit of restraint.
"Everyone can do more than he thinks he can."
Henry Ford
What you do with your life depends almost entirely on your self-concept. No matter how unreal the premise on which your self-concept is based, it makes real things happen to you. You may say, "I can do this" and "I can't do that," simply because of remarks that others have made about you. The chances are that you underestimate your own abilities.
Self-concepts might be compared to the houses built by the three little pigs. If a man builds up an image of himself that has no basis in reality, he's building his mental house of straw. A daydream about yourself that you don't follow up to make it come true can be blown down as easily as the house of straw.
Like the second little pig, you can build your mental house out of sticks, and it can also be blown down. If you build your self-concept on casual remarks made by others, you're building it out of sticks.
If you build your mental house out of bricks, who can knock it down? The wolves can come and howl at your door, but they will never knock down one single brick. Those bricks that build your self-concept can be academic or psychological tests showing exactly what you can do, personal experiences, or the encouragement of a loved one. If you have had personal experience in succeeding at something, no matter how small or big, you can build the house of your self-esteem on what you have done in the past. No matter how many failures you have had, somewhere in the midst of them was something you did well, which others praised.
Build your life on what you have already done successfully.
