Churchill's Tale of Tails
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Publisher Description
Churchill is a pig with a big personality who couldn't be prouder of his perfect tail. Until one day it goes missing...
So Churchill tries on a whole host of other tails - tails that make his personality even more colourful. But along the way, Churchill forgets what really matters most to him - his friends.
Can Churchill learn to value his friendships and solve the mystery of his missing tail?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Tails make the pig, as the old saying goes or should go, anyway, according to this story by debut author Sandu, first published in the U.K. After a bon vivant pig named Churchill loses his own curlicue, he tries on some spares from other animals, with unexpected results: a fish tail turns Churchill into a swan-diving swimmer, an elephant's tail makes him feel like a porcine version of the Hulk, and a tiger's tail convinces him that he is "the world's strongest, bravest pig." Churchill gets so caught up in his new identities that he has no time for his old friends. Sandu doesn't quite know how to bring her story full circle the ending doesn't match the freshness of the pages that precede it but she's a talent to watch. She has a strong a sense of visual craft, and her compositional, character, and comic skills are equal to those of many veterans. The self-possessed Churchill, rendered as a soft peach biomorph with tiny eyes, is a wonderful creation; most readers should willingly forgive if not downright envy his substitute tail induced hauteur. Ages 4 8.
