Customer Reviews
I don't understand the one star review - By: hpsaucey, 31 Aug 2008 
I don't understand why a reviewer has given this one star! It's such a wonderfully written & illustrated story. At once uplifting & poignant, about job of friendship, accepting people for what they are & loss. The author has done a SUPERB job at making these thoughts accessible & understandable for such a young target audience. It's not at all 'weird' as the one-star review suggested.
Buy it for your little one. You won't regret it. My three-year old has started having this read to him at bed time. I think its a slow burner with a lot of mileagein it, as he's obviously thinking about the meanings behind the book. It has become a favourite with him & with us (the readers).
Making the world a better place - By: Jim Ashton, 08 Aug 2008 If it were possible to give a book four hundred stars out of five, this would get them. It is sublime. Wibbly Pig conveys the sheer joy of simple, unconditional friendship, & the melancholic sadness of it's passing. But it is not a sad book. It is life affirming, whether you are three or ninety-three.
With seemingly simple pictures & very few words, Mick Inkpen brings us what is simultaneously a funny picture book for under fives, but also a story with more meaning, more durability & more real human emotion than many a Nobel Prize-winning author. Only one book on a desert island? Yep, it might just be this one.
Wibbly Pig makes the world a better place, & there is no higher praise than that.
Not a Silly Big Bear - By: J. Russell, 20 Jul 2008 Such a lovely book.
My son loves it & his granddad loves reading it to him even more. Messages about acceptance, belonging & the sadness of separation (a little bit) wrappedin attractive illustrations & a sweet story.
A Wibbly story with a message - By: Amazon Reviewer, 15 May 2008 
from Mick Inkpen.
You don't have to be clever to matter.........and when bear is gone......(awwww!)......Wibbly is a bit sad at the end, as he tries to balance his pea on a spoon!
From the back cover:-
`Wibbly Pig's silly big bear can't even use a spoon to eat his peas.
But even so, we will really miss him when he's gone,
Being clever is not all that counts.
Mick Inkpen's funny & poignant story explores this simple theme.'
`A Nestlé Children`s Book Prize BRONZE AWARD Winner.'
28 shiny high quality pages with large text, enlarged, or reducedin places for emphasis. Endearing illustrations throughout, as always.
Example of text:-
'Wibbly Pig has a bear so big, he can hardly fit on the page!
He eats his peas one at a time.
It takes him ages!
Because, you see, he cannot use a spoon.
Yes, spoons mean nothing to him.
He eats his ice cream with his paws,
and gets it
everywhere!
Wibbly's bear is not very good with a potty, brushing his teeth or combing his hair, either......but he can do lots of other things, which are pretty impressive....for a bear!
Enchanting - By: Flemathy, 05 Feb 2008 I got this book out of the library last week for my 2.5 year old. She has listened to it every night & already knows some of the pages off by heart, so much does she love it. It is a definite 'must' for the bookshelf & is a wonderful story emphasising that we don't have to be clever & ablein order to be useful & loved.
