Chick 'n' Pug

Jennifer Sattler (author/illustrator)

Bloomsbury, USA: 2010 Australian release May 2011

ISBN: 9781408813737 3+

Genres: humour, picture book

Issues: choices, identity

'Chick had read The Adventures of Wonder Pug! 127 times. Every page was packed with excitement. But there was no excitement in the chicken coop. So Chick set off to find some.'

But when he finds a pug he finds that heroes don't always live up to their press and sometimes they need a little help to fulfil their potential. A delightful allegorical tale, Chick 'n' Pug questions the nature of heroism and suggests that Attitude is the key ingredient when attempting to make your dreams come true.

A delightful story about misplaced hero worship and a little chick who things big, Chick 'n' Pug's simple narrative and the quirky acrylic and pencil illustrations will appeal to younger readers as well as the adult narrator. Sattler has a gift for projecting strong personalities in her pictures and an ability to generate an enormous range of comical expressions that take the story well beyond the text.

Great fun.