Pig Fiction

Paddy is an ordinary pig in the tiny village of Termonfeckin in Ireland, happily eating & sleeping his days away in his owner Mrs McGuirk’s farmyard. When an unexpected encounter with the King of the Fairies results in Paddy being granted two extraordinary magical powers, life couldn’t look any better. But at almost the exact same moment, evil pub landlord Colm Quigley has a chance encounter of his own…with ruthless developer Tom O’Meaney.

Mips und Mops besteht aus zehn zusammenhängenden Gute-Nacht-Geschichten, die ohne erhobenen Zeigefinger auskommen. Es ist vielfach erprobt von Kindern mit ihrem Papa oder ihrer Mama. Die Handlung: Es beginnt alles ganz friedlich im Wald der Tiere, wo sich alle gut verstehen. Bis eines Tages die Stadtmäuse mit ihrem Schrottauto in den Wald preschen. Sie sind auf der Flucht vor Fielem, dem Schwarzen Kater und wollen sich bei Mips und Mops verstecken, den wilden Waldmäusen. Der Schwarze Kater ist bei der Käsepolizei und liebt kleine Mäuse - besonders zum Frühstück.

Hamsters and mice are disappearing from villages all over the countryside. It started last Christmas when Lord and Lady Hamster went on a holiday and were never heard from again. Now their daughters, Squeaks and Hamsteria, are all alone in Hamster Hall. When Hamsteria goes missing, Squeaks starts searching. She goes to their neighbor, Lord Mousington, to ask for help but he attacks her instead! Squeaks gets help from Uncle Fluffs and her cousins Tiny and Whiskers. Her new friend, Mr. Sammy Hammy, has an idea about how to find her family. They must hire a detective, a cat detective.

Return to the brilliant, adventure-filled world of Glendunny. Dunwattle and Locksley are going on their greatest journey yet in their search for their beloved mother figure, Elsinore the swan, who has been kidnapped by dark forces. Little do they know, they have a much larger expedition in store when they discover other persecuted animals and baby otters being held against their will for nefarious purposes.

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.

After a triumphant battle with a deadly snake reveals his true nature as a Howler—a fearsome grasshopper mouse—Jory is forced to leave the gentle deer mice who raised him. Alone but for his questions (Why was he left to be raised by deer mice? Who is he really?), Jory ventures into the desert seeking Saguaro, the only other grasshopper mouse he knows, one who just might have the answers. Jory’s journey of discovery will teach him things and take him places both dangerous and thrilling. But will he find the thing he desires most—a place in the desert he can truly call home?

For Zak Bates and his magical friends, the next eco-adventures is usually right around the corner. In Zanesville, Ohio, a dangerous menagerie has escaped from a private preserve, and the situation threatens to spiral out of control. Francis, a spirit bear from British Columbia is being held captive, and, to free him, the Eco-Adventurers will need to align with Chatters, a white (knight) squirrel.

Ratty Barclay wasn't supposed to be born a four-foot-tall, walking, talking rodent, but thanks to the Barclay family curse, he's had to live in hiding from the rest of the world. All he wants for his thirteenth birthday is to return to his family's abandoned estate on Fairweather Island to somehow break the curse. Then he'll finally get to live his life as a four-foot-tall, walking, talking, human boy. Edweena Gup, the granddaughter of the Barclays' groundskeeper, has dedicated her life to being a Rat-Catcher Extraordinaire like her great-great-great grandmother before her.

Die große Box für kleine Helden. Drei spannende Abenteuer mit den tapfersten Nagern der Welt: den Muskeltieren! Das immer hungrige, nach "Tortäää" schreiende Rattenbaby hält die Mäuse Picandou und Pomme de Terre, Hamster Bertram und Rattendame Gruyère rund um die Uhr auf Trab. Als Bertram von seinem Ausflug zu seinem früheren Besitzer, dem Jungen Tassilo, nicht zurückkommt, ist ein echter Muskeltier-Einsatz gefragt. Und wer steckt eigentlich hinter der geheimnisvollen Bande namens "Ali Ratte und die vierzig Räuber"? Egal, was kommt: Die Muskeltiere halten immer zusammen.

一人の少年とぬいぐるみが起こす、大きな奇跡・・・ジャックは、小さい頃にもらったブタのぬいぐるみが大好きです。 良いことがあっても悪いことがあっても、ぬいぐるみはいつもジャックのそばにいました。 ところが、ある年のクリスマスイブ、恐ろしいことが起こります――ぬいぐるみがいなくなったのです。

A Beatrix Potter Collection, narrated by Trisha Rose, contains 23 stories. Although Beatrix Potter (1866 - 1943) had a wide variety of interests, she is best known today for her children's stories, featuring casts of animals to be found in the English countryside.

Sam traut seinen Augen nicht: Ein riesiges Eichhörnchen streift durch den Wald hinter der Schule! Aber als eines Morgens das Wissenschaftslabor der Schule zerstört ist, glaubt niemand Sams Geschichte vom Riesen-Eichhörnchen. Stattdessen fällt der Verdacht auf seinen Schützling: den Klassenhamster Hamstersaurus Rex.

Tired of dodging fishwives’ brooms and carriage wheels, alley cat Skilley yearns for the comfort of Ye olde Cheshire Cheese, a popular London inn. When he hears that the innkeeper is in need of a mouser, he hatches a scheme so audacious it will surely set him up for the rest of his nine lives. Once installed at the Cheese, Skilley looks forward to a life of ease. But a resident mouse named Pip uncovers Skilley’s scandalous secret, and the desperate cat is forced to make a pact with him.

Twelve-year-old Grace is desperate for a puppy. All she wants is someone to love - and to love her back. Someone who’ll make her new stepfather’s house feel like home. Christmas morning, Grace springs out of bed hopeful that her dreams are about to come true. But the present that awaits her isn’t soft and furry. It’s not a puppy at all - it’s a pig.

The Three Little Pigs is a classic children’s fairy tale retold by C. J. Anderson and originally translated for language learning. This dual-language version from Language Magic is optimized to aid language learners on the fast track to fluency. Discover that you can relax and enjoy the story while absorbing the language. Listen to the story over and over until you find you can understand it completely in the language you are learning.

In this sequel to The Dark Portal, the evil rat Jupiter has been defeated, and the young Deptford mice emerge from the sewers to start a new life in the country. But the albino mouse Oswald is seized by an illness and lies near death. His friend Audrey enlists the help of the ancient squirrel mystic Starwife, who agrees to heal him on one condition.

Tucked into the north Maine woods, along the west branch of the Penobscot River, is the fly fishing destination town of Roslyn. The river, and dozens of streams in the valley, are waters famous for the fish they hold. Ben Garrison, a beautiful, gentle young man with a skeletal deformity and a bad limp evolves into the most capable, accomplished hermit in town; he is a master gardener, a gourmet chef, a poet and a Zen-like fly fisher, and a confidant of the lovely farmhand Annie Nielson.

Emmi und ihre Familie freuen sich aufs Meer. Nur Einschwein ist nicht in Urlaubsstimmung. Immerzu soll es Dinge zaubern, auf die es keine Lust hat. Schulbrote, Zutaten fürs Abendbrot oder Proviant für den Urlaub. Und dann passiert es: Egal, wie sehr Einschwein sich konzentriert, es zaubert nur noch... saure Gurken. Emmi ist in großer Sorge um ihr Fabelwesen. Und dann folgt gleich die nächste Katastrophe. Der unersetzliche Fabelbaum von Emmis Familie soll einer Baustelle weichen.

Dito es el juguete preferido de Jack. Ha estado a su lado, en los buenos y malos momentos, hasta que una Nochebuena sucede algo terrible: Dito se pierde. Pero es una noche especial, una noche para los milagros y los casos perdidos, una noche en que los objetos, incluidos los juguetes, pueden cobrar vida. Y el juguete más nuevo de Jack, el cerdito de Navidad (el frustrante sustituto de Dito), ha tramado un plan muy arriesgado. Juntos se embarcarán en un viaje mágico para recuperar y salvar al que hasta ahora ha sido el mejor amigo Jack.

The hideous spirit of Jupiter, the evil cat who was once lord of the sewer rats, has returned, more terrifying than ever. Bent on revenge, he is determined to turn the world into an eternal winter of hatred. The Deptford Mice feel his chilling grasp everywhere they turn. A rat army thirsty for mouse blood is building underground. And the Starglass, their magical source of knowledge and power, has been stolen. The mice know they face the most desperate struggle of their lives. Will anyone survive?