{"id":35860,"date":"2019-01-28T00:35:03","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T04:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=35860"},"modified":"2019-01-28T00:35:03","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T04:35:03","slug":"review-of-harold-hog-pretend-for-real-by-dan-santat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=35860","title":{"rendered":"Review of Harold & Hog Pretend For Real! by Dan Santat"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Harold & Hog
\nPretend for Real!<\/em><\/p>\n

by Dan Santat<\/p>\n

Hyperion Books for Children, May 7, 2019. 64 pages.
\nStarred Review
\nReview written January 27, 2019, from an advance reader copy I got at ALA Midwinter Meeting.<\/p>\n

This is another book in the series Elephant & Piggie Like Reading!<\/em>. Mo Willems\u2019 Gerald and Piggie characters appear at the beginning and end to introduce a book written by someone else. This one is delightfully meta, because the book they\u2019re introducing features an elephant and a pig \u2013 Harold & Hog \u2013 who want to pretend to be Gerald and Piggie.<\/p>\n

Harold and Hog are drawn by Dan Santat, much more realistically than the cartoonish Gerald and Piggie. They have glasses to pretend to be Gerald and a cartoon nose to pretend to be Piggie.<\/p>\n

But there\u2019s a problem when they try to carry it out. Because Gerald is always very careful \u2013 but Harold has trouble with that. And Piggie is always very carefree \u2013 but Hog has trouble with that. Their efforts in that direction are tremendously fun.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m writing this in my Seattle hotel room while at ALA Midwinter Meeting. We chose our Newbery winners last night but don\u2019t announce them to the world until tomorrow morning. I\u2019m feeling a little giddy ever since I realized that I can write a review of this book \u2013 a 2019 publication \u2013 and post it this very day!<\/em> <\/p>\n

Of course, the book won\u2019t be published until May, but this is one to watch for! Watch book characters pretend to be each other! Too much fun!<\/p>\n

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Source: This review is based on an Advance Reader Copy I picked up at ALA Midwinter Meeting.<\/p>\n

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