Pig Fiction

A poor schoolteacher decides to spend the summer vacation at a remote country inn, where he falls gradually in love with not only the tavern's way of life, but also the landlord's daughter, the lovely Miss Fouracres. Meanwhile the landlord is sinking into drink and despair, driven by his obsession over an incident at a hotel he ran several years ago. An incident which now threatens to raise its ugly head again....

Rangi and his cousin pull up at a forestry clearing one Saturday morning, dogs on the roof and ready to hunt pigs - but two blonde babes are already there, washing their hair in a bucket beside a Kombi. The babes are Germans on an NZ road trip, and they have advanced ideas about nudity. Which makes Rangi and the cousin suspect they might be witches. What fate will befall our pair of eager pig hunters on their Minginui quest for pig's flesh? Are the babes witches?

Peter Gray was the golden child of the accounting world. Tall, blonde, blue eyed, and charismatic, he captivated all who crossed his path. After accepting a Managing Partner role with Pradman Industries, Peter quickly and passionately set out to both elevate the firm and conquer the social scene of the elite within the suburb of Carrasco, Uruguay. The subject of terrorism, no thanks to the Tupamaros, was common fodder for the dinner table—Peter’s included, and unknowingly he had just stepped in to the storm from Hell!

An elixir party gone sour. An expired entrepreneur. Can a cursed shifter discover what’s in love potion number crime? After confessing her dark secret, Jolene is left devastated when her cop-crush, Peter, ghosts her. But when a popular potion maker drinks her last draught, Jolene and Peter are forced to team up to find the butcher behind the brew. As the list of suspects pours in, Jolene's only hope is to get the victim's pet swine to squeal. But when Jolene piggybacks onto a promising lead, she learns some shocking truths about the cursed tonic that took away her own magic.

Los maravillosos personajes de esta historia de animales, el topo, el ratón, el tejón, el sapo, las nutrias... viven junto a un río y más allá del mismo se encuentra un bosque salvaje y peligroso pero bello y atractivo. El topo está cansado de hacer limpieza en su madriguera, por lo que decide salir a conocer el mundo exterior y así se va a sorprender de tanta belleza que encuentra, pero a la vez le asusta un poco el ajetreo y el bullicio que hay en la orilla del río.

Kit-with-a-small-k is navigating middle school with a really big, really strange secret: When she's stressed, she turns into a naked mole rat. It first happened after kit watched her best friend, Clem, fall and get hurt during an acrobatic performance on TV. Since then, the transformations keep happening - whether kit wants them to or not. Kit can't tell Clem about it, because after the fall, Clem just hasn't been herself. She's sad and mad and gloomy, and keeping a secret of her own: the real reason she fell.

Quando Blaise dà alla luce Lizzy, il ”vitello rosso” in una fattoria israeliana, le genti accorrono in massa per assistere alla nascita miracolosa che inaugurerà la fine del mondo e il ritorno o l`arrivo del Messia, a seconda del campo, cristiano o ebreo.

Jack liebt sein Stoffschwein über alles. Es war immer für ihn da, gemeinsam sind sie stets durch dick und dünn gegangen. Bis an einem Weihnachtsabend etwas Schreckliches passiert - das Stoffschwein ist verschwunden. Doch Weihnachten ist die Nacht der Wunder und der hoffnungslosen Fälle, die Nacht, in der sogar Spielzeuge zum Leben erwachen. Und Jacks neues Stofftier, das Weihnachtsschwein, das das alte nie ersetzen könnte, hat einen kühnen Plan.

Hamlet, the perfectly pink stuffed pig, is mad at his best friend, Vivienne Scarlett. He decides to run away from home and sets off to see the world, stowing away in a package bound for London. During his whirlwind adventure, he meets someone who helps him understand what it truly means to be a "best friend".

In 1975, Sam Candage, a fatherless twelve-year-old boy with learning challenges, strains to learn to read and write. Alone, he finds solace in nature, fishing and exploring his favorite creek.

When Orange decides he needs to improve his Spanish skills, he and Jes head for Central America. A nervous little chihuahua begs them to help her find the Tacos Dorados, and the search takes them across Nicaragua. Together they encounter excitement, danger, and a little bit of Spanish vocabulary as they journey down the Rio San Juan. Laugh and learn with Jes and Orange in the Land of Lakes and Volcanoes.

Hand aufs Herz, Pfote in die Höhe, dreimal gespuckt und heilig geschworen: Endlich das 4. Abenteuer! Au Backe! Eliot und seine Freundin Isabella wollen Opa Pucki zum Waldfest abholen, doch die Hütte ist leer. Da es oberverdächtig nach Bockwurst riecht, ist die Sache ja wohl klar - der Opa wurde von Bocky und seiner Rüpelbande entführt, die sich von ihm durch den Finsterwald zu einem geheimen Schatzversteck führen lassen wollen. Eliot und Isabella folgen der Spur, um Opa Pucki zu befreien - doch sie haben nicht mit den Gefahren des tiefen, unheimlichen Waldes gerechnet.

Joy is a royal pig who loves her toys. But one day, she finds a toy that doesn't belong to her. This book focuses on the diphthongs oi and oy.

Publicada en 1969, bajo la dictadura de Juan Carlos Onganía, Diario de la guerra del cerdo narra en clave semifantástica un enfrentamiento entre jóvenes y viejos en el barrio porteño de Palermo, suscitado por un inexplicable odio intergeneracional. De la noche a la mañana, unas pandillas de jóvenes violentos empiezan a atacar a ancianos y gente de edad, lo que trastoca la existencia del protagonista. Sus reacciones y la ambientación son realistas, pero el autor examina la cotidianidad a la luz de la fantasía y lo siniestro.

"Brrr, che fifa felina! Tenebrosa, la mia quasi fidanzata, mi ha trascinato a Castelteschio per trovare sette leggendarie pergamene che custodiscono il 'Segreto Più Prezioso'... Sarà un'avventura da brivido!". (Geronimo Stilton)

Uuh! Meerschweinchen Bertie hat die Nase voll. Nie hat Knolle Zeit für ihn. Da muss dringend ein neuer Freund her! Ob das geheimnisvolle Frettchen vielleicht der Richtige ist? Bertie macht sich auf die Suche nach ihm und verschwindet scheinbar spurlos. Für die Freunde von der Pfötchen-Gäng beginnt damit ein äußert rätselhafter Fall, bei dem jede Minute zählt. Denn schnell verbreitet sich das Gerücht im Nusskernweg, dass große Frettchen für kleine Meerschweinchen ziemlich gefährlich sein können.

Seltsame Dinge geschehen bei den Tieren: Zuerst fällt das große Fußballspiel aus, weil der neue Ball fehlt...

There was a different sort of piglet in the pigpen one cool spring morning. That "different" one is named Penny, and she's really not a piglet at all . . . she's a puppy. A puppy who gets longer and longer as her piglet siblings get bigger and bigger. Penny doesn't understand why she's different - she only knows that Mama Pig loves her just the same as the rest of the litter. Penny's siblings are baffled by her peculiar behavior - like digging with her paws instead of her snout, and especially her loud, sharp oink.

A pig and a cat like sitting in their big bag. One day, a man comes and takes the big bag with them in it. This book focuses on the phonemes b and f.

Isabel and the Pig go with Grandfather when he is using his gift to find water. But one day, Grandfather believes he’s lost his gift. When the Pig goes missing, Isabel is afraid he will never return. Without Grandfather’s gift for finding what cannot be seen, how will they ever get the Pig back?