Pig the Rebel (Pig the Pug Series)

by Aaron Blabey, Aaron Blabey (Illustrator)

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

Pig the Pug, Stinker, Fibber, Tourist, Slob, Winner and now Rebel! Everyone's favorite Pug is back in Aaron Blabey's bestselling series featuring an unmatched Pig and the world that revolves around him. Every book in the series is worth collecting. So, join Pig, Trevor and all their friends in celebrating ... Pig!

The laughter is nonstop as everyone's favorite greedy and selfish pug is sent to obedience school in this picture book from #1 New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Aaron Blabey.

Pig was a pug

and I'm sorry to say,

after years of his antics

it was now time to pay.

Pig's bad behavior has finally caught up with him — it's time for OBEDIENCE SCHOOL! Can this terrible pug ever be tamed? Not if he can help it...

Rich with author-illustrator Aaron Blabey's signature rhyming text and unforgettable illustrations, Pig the Rebel is a laugh-out-loud story that follows the nine previous books in the series (Pig the Pug, Pig the Winner, Pig the Elf, Pig the Star, Pig the Fibber, Pig the Stinker, Pig the Tourist, Pig the Slob, and Pig the Monster).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781338859195
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	10/04/2022
Series:	Pig the Pug Series
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	40,611
Product dimensions:	9.50(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Aaron Blabey has written many well-loved, bestselling books for children. He is the creator of three hugely successful series for children — the New York Times bestselling The Bad Guys, Pig the Pug, and Thelma the Unicorn. The Bad Guys movie released in 2022. It was produced by DreamWorks Animation with Aaron serving as an executive producer on the project.

Editorial Reviews

"Another hilarious outing with this deliciously naughty dog." — Kirkus Reviews

"Laugh-out-loud funny illustrations... will send new readers looking for previous titles to enjoy the exploits of this unforgettable character." — School Library Journal

Praise for Pig the Pug:

"Blabey's jaunty rhymes will make for some fun read-alouds." — Publishers Weekly

Praise for Pig the Winner:

"The goggle-eyed cartoon illustrations are fun, funny, and appealingly grotesque in their exaggerated goofiness, and they are a good match for the rhyming text." — Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

08/12/2022

K-Gr 2—Pig the pug is back, and he has been a very naughty dog! The story opens on a scene of domestic destruction; oil is spilled all over the rug, and there is a surfboard smashed through the TV set. Pig is dispatched to obedience school, where he meets a hilarious group of dogs and a dog trainer who has no tolerance for any shenanigans. After the first command to sit is bellowed his way, Pig is determined to break out and take the rest of his classmates with him. Absolute mayhem ensues, and an explosive calamity causes a dramatic set of changes to Pig, leaving readers laughing out loud and wondering if our hero can indeed have a true change of heart. VERDICT Laugh-out-loud funny illustrations will have devotees of the series hoping that Pig hasn't really transformed and will send new readers looking for previous titles to enjoy the exploits of this unforgettable character.—John Scott

School Library Journal

2022-07-13
You got schooled!

Pig the Pug is back for another off-kilter adventure, and this time he’s a doggie school dropout. After off-page antics that leave his owner’s home a mess, Pig is shipped off to Big Jean’s Dog Obedience School, where the institution’s “No job too tough” motto finally meets its match. Pig joins a cohort of equally uncouth pups but doesn’t advance further than the first lesson before he organizes a revolt. Mayhem ensues, and Pig ends up looking like his namesake after an accident with a few pink cakes and a tank of flammable gas. Thankfully, though, some lessons were learned and the book ends on a positive note. The story and the illustrations—rendered in acrylic with pens and pencils—are just as zany as readers would expect, and educators and librarians will revel in reading the book aloud. The plot moves at a breakneck pace; as a result, Big Jean, a stern, light-skinned woman with a heap of purple curls, isn’t developed, which is unfortunate as the character radiates interest and seems like a funny foil for the mischievous pug. Instead, the focus stays solely on Pig, whose reaction shots and bug-eyed horror at the thought of behaving will have readers giggling long after the book is finished. One sour spot is a visual joke that implies cultural insensitivity among Pig’s bad dog behaviors; it appears to be a reference to a previous title in the series, but without context it may confuse readers unfamiliar with the series. This issue aside, Pig is a bad pug whom children will want to read about again and again. (This book was reviewed digitally.)

Another hilarious outing with this deliciously naughty dog. (Picture book. 4-8)

Kirkus Reviews