Super Guinea Pig to the rescue

Title:

Uniform Title:

Wundermeerschwein rettet die Welt. English.

Author:

Weigelt, Udo.

Added Author:

Spranger, Nina,

Personal Author:

Weigelt, Udo.

ISBN:

9780802797056

9780802797063

Publication Information:

New York : Walker : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, 2007.

Physical Description:

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

General Note:

Originally published in German as: Wundermeerschwein rettet die Welt. Düsseldorf : Patmos Verlag, 2006.

Abstract:

A guinea pig gets upset when his fellow pets make fun of his favorite television superhero, and so he makes a costume and pretends to be Super Guinea Pig himself.

Subject Term:

Heroes -- Juvenile fiction.

Pets -- Juvenile fiction.

Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.

Heroes -- Fiction.

Pets -- Fiction.

Friendship -- Fiction.

Summary:

A guinea pig gets upset when his fellow pets make fun of his favorite television superhero, and so he makes a costume and pretends to be Super Guinea Pig himself.

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Little guinea pig is obsessed with his favorite TV show and with its star, Super Guinea Pig. Every day he tunes in to watch Super Guinea Pig save the world from evil and terrible disasters. And every day he ignores his friends--an old hound dog, a yellow bird, and a plump goldfish--to watch his hero. When they start making fun of little guinea pig and asking why his new best friend never visits him, he dresses up as Super Guinea Pig to teach his friends a lesson. Leaping and acting like his hero, little guinea pig gets himself into a bit of trouble and calls upon Super Guinea Pig for help. Will Super Guinea Pig rescue him or will his real friends save the day?

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Kirkus Review

In this pointed fable, a guinea pig figures out that real friends are better than an imaginary one--even when the latter is a superhero. Incensed when the other household pets pooh-pooh Super Guinea Pig, his beloved TV hero, a guinea pig dons cape, mask and persona in an effort to impress them. This has the opposite effect--but when his attempt to buckle some swash causes him to fall into the fishbowl, it's not his furry idol who comes to the rescue. Suddenly the shine is off the hero-worship, and all ends in renewed domestic amity. Weigelt leaves readers to figure out the moral on their own, and Spranger supplies big, bright cartoon figures that, despite staring eyes, provide plenty of visual appeal. A tale to share during TV Turnoff Week, perhaps. (Picture book. 6-8) Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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