Reggie and Lu

(Hardback)

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Two lovable pigs, Reggie and Lu, are really best friends. But sometimes best friends fall out. Today, theyre not really happy with each other and each of them imagines how they could beat or humiliate the other. Lu imagines that she could be Reggies dad, pick him up from school in a pram, blow raspberries on his neck and call him "My Widdle Baby" in front of all the other children. Reggie imagines that he could be a shoemaker and make Lu some shoes that make rude noises when you walk, so everyone at school would think it was Lu, not the shoes. They go on competing with each other to think of the most embarrassing situations, till they cant think of anything else and collapse into laughter as only best friends can. Then they are so exhausted that they imagine that, together, they are a crocodile going off in search of food. A wonderful romp through the imaginative play of pre-schoolers, their love of language and their changing moods by the illustrator of BEAR AND CHOOK, shortlisted for the CBC Book of the Year Award 2003.

Author Bio

Emma Quay (pronounced "kway") grew up in a village near Cambridge, England, and now lives in Sydney, Australia, with her husband and two daughters. An honours graduate in illustration and printmaking, Emma has travelled extensively for her work, but for REGGIE AND LU she went to the pig pavilion at Sydneys Royal Easter Show. Emmas illustrations are included in the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum and her picture books include CHAMPIONS, THE PUZZLE DUCK, BEAR AND CHOOK and THANK YOU FOR MY YUKKY PRESENT.