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Author
Publisher
The Crowood Press
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"This clearly written, well-illustrated book is an essential and accessible reference work aimed at all those involved in keeping these fascinating animals: commercial pig farmers large and small, smallholders, students, and hobbyist and pet pig-keepers. It provides a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of pig-keeping of the market on the breeds and pig-keeping systems, nutrition, the pig and its environment, reproduction, piglet birth, survival,...
Author
Publisher
Boynton Bookworks
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Did you ever see noses so wonderfully round? Where else could these curly tails be found? From snuffling snouts to pleasing plumpness and fine, floppy ears, this cast of pink piglets reminds us all to celebrate what makes us unique."--
Author
Publisher
Greystone Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In this lively and fascinating book, a guilt-ridden, bacon-loving journalist finds work at an industrial pig farm as he researches the long and torrid history of humans and swine. After convincing a skeptical pig farmer to take him on as a hired hand for six months, journalist Kristoffer Endresen follows a litter of piglets from birth to slaughter, all in the hopes of understanding what goes on inside an industrial pig farm and whether humans can...
Author
Series
Elephant and Piggie books volume 10
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Princeton Architectural Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Pigs are full of unexpected surprises. Did you know that when a pig is happy, it will uncoil its curly tail and wag it just like a dog? Or that feral hogs can detect odors from seven miles away? Pigology delves into the history of pigs, pig breeds around the world, famous pigs, pigs in culture, and so much more, with engaging scenes from illustrator Camilla Pintonato."--
Author
Series
Elephant and Piggie books volume 3
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Gerald the elephant discovers that there is something worse than a bird on your head-- two birds on your head! Piggie will try to help her best friend.
Author
Series
Elephant and Piggie books volume 14
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Gerald the elephant tells his best friend Piggie a long, crazy story about how he broke his trunk.
Author
Series
Mercy Watson volume Prequel
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When a pig named Mercy arrives at the Watsons' front door, she brings love and chaos to their lives.
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"With her birthday coming up, Jessica hopes that, just maybe, her present will be a real-live potbellied pig. Jessica can hardly wait for her party with Judy Moody and all their friends. But Judy Moody is acting like a pig-head, and Jessica UN-invites her from the party. To make matters worse, Jessica has snooped around the house and has found zero sign of a pig present. Could her birthday be any more of a disaster?--Jkt. flap.
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Unlike other barnyard animals, which pull plows, give eggs or milk, or grow wool, a pig produces only one thing: meat. Incredibly efficient at converting almost any organic matter into nourishing, delectable protein, swine are nothing short of a gastronomic godsend{u2014}yet their flesh is banned in many cultures, and the animals themselves are maligned as filthy, lazy brutes. As historian Mark Essig reveals in Lesser Beasts, swine have such a bad...
15) Pigs
Author
Series
Publisher
AV2 by Weigl
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Did you know that pigs are one of the smartest animals on Earth? Some pigs have even learned to play video games. Learn more about these fascinating farm animals in Pigs, a Farm Animals book."-- provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 5
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Stella Endicott loves her teacher, Miss Liliana, and she is thrilled when the class is assigned to write a poem. Stella crafts a beautiful poem about Mercy Watson, the pig who lives next door -- a poem complete with a metaphor and full of curiosity and courage. But Horace Broom, Stella's irritating classmate, insists that Stella's poem is full of lies and that pigs do not live in houses. And when Stella and Horace get into a shouting match in the...
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Pickles is a pig, rescued as a wee one and now living it up at his forever home. But one day Pickles becomes very sick. His only hope? One big sow with an even bigger heart on a faraway farm&but will she get to Pickles in time? Learn the true story about one extraordinary pig and his savior in this inspiring photographic picture book!"-- provided by publisher.
19) Pearl
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box and Malorie Josh Malerman comes the legend of a strange new monster unlike any other in horror. There's something strange about Walter Kopple's farm. At first it seems to be his grandson, who cruelly murders one of Walter's pigs in an act of seemingly senseless violence. But then the rumors begin--people in town whisper that Walter's grandson heard a voice that commanded him to kill. And that...
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