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Louanne Pig in Making the Team

Nancy Carlson

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Jul 17, 2011 Ronyell rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: animal-books, nancy-carlson, sports-related-books

I have been reading books by Nancy Carlson and now I have stumbled upon one of her books called “Making the Team” and in this story, Arnie the Cat and Louanne the Pig both try out for the cheerleading and the football teams. “Making the Team” is a truly wonderful book for children who want to learn about the importance of teamwork!

When Louanne and Arnie found out that cheerleading and football tryouts were coming up, they both decided to try out for the teams. Arnie tried to practice for footbal I have been reading books by Nancy Carlson and now I have stumbled upon one of her books called “Making the Team” and in this story, Arnie the Cat and Louanne the Pig both try out for the cheerleading and the football teams. “Making the Team” is a truly wonderful book for children who want to learn about the importance of teamwork!

When Louanne and Arnie found out that cheerleading and football tryouts were coming up, they both decided to try out for the teams. Arnie tried to practice for football tryouts, but kept on messing up until Louanne helped him with practice. Louanne tried to practice for the cheerleading squad but she kept on messing on until Arnie helped her with practice. When the day finally arrived, Arnie and Louanne were both in high spirits.

Oh my goodness! Now this is one book that shows the power of friendship! Nancy Carlson has once again done a fantastic job at both writing and illustrating this cute book about the power of teamwork and friendship! What really surprised me about this book was the fact that Arnie is shown as the good guy in this book as he constantly helps Louanne Pig in her tryouts for the cheerleading squad since in many books I have read about Arnie, he is shown to be a bully. So, it was lovely seeing Arnie show his support towards Louanne throughout this book. Louanne Pig as always is shown to be sweet and kind hearted and I loved the way that she also helps Arnie out with his football practice as it clearly shows what true friends Arnie and Louanne are to each other. Nancy Carlson’s illustrations are extremely cute and creative as all the characters are drawn as animals with human features such as standing on two legs instead of on all fours. I especially loved the images of Louanne Pig and Arnie as Arnie wears dark glasses and has gray fur while Louanne Pig is seen wearing a pink sweater throughout the book. It was also cute seeing Louanne and Arnie practice together for the tryouts and I enjoyed seeing Arnie jump around when he was showing Louanne some cheerleader moves and how Louanne was doing some tackling moves for Arnie.

Overall, “Making the Team” is a truly inspiring book about the importance of true friendship and teamwork that every child will love for many years! I would recommend this book to children ages three and up since this book is appropriate for younger children. ...more

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