Old Pig
Author(s): Margaret Wild
Very Young Fiction (5 - 8 years)
Old Pig and Granddaughter have lived together for a long, long time. They share everything, including the chores, until the day when Old Pig does not get up as usual for breakfast. Calmly she pays her bills and puts her affairs in order. Then she takes Granddaughter on a last, long walk - looking and listening, smelling and tasting...Old Pig and Granddaughter say goodbye to each other in the best way they know...A tender story of living and loving, giving and receiving; a glorious celebration of the world.
Product Information
Winner of The Children's Book Council of Australia 1996 and Book of the Year Award 1996 and The Children's Book Council of Australia 1997 (United States) and Picture Book of the Year Award 1997 (United States). Commended for Notable Children's Trade Book 1996. Short-listed for The New Yorker 1997 (United States) and Best Book of the Year 1998 and National Council for Social Studies & Children's Book Council 1997.
General Fields
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- : Allen & Unwin
- : Allen & Unwin
- : 01 September 2016
- : 01 January 2017
- : books
Special Fields
- : Margaret Wild
- : 32