Ping Wants to Play

Reviewed by: Carla McAllister - New Gloucester Public Library, New Gloucester, Maine, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: February 25, 2015

Review

This extremely simple book will appeal to the picture book set. The story about Ping and Pong, dogs who live right next door to one another and enjoy walking and eating together is precious, but they sometimes want to do completely different things. Ping wants to run, jump, play, even fly whereas Pong wants to nap. When Ping orchestrates an acrobatic trick, running up a sloped board, bouncing off a trampoline and flying through the air, all goes quite well, until he needs to land! Will Pong help him out? The illustrations are very childlike, colorful and flat, and complement the text quite well. The youngest picture book enthusiasts will relate to the simple pictures in this offering.

Overall Book Score: very good