The Peppermint Pig (Yearling Classic) - Softcover

Bawden, Nina

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9780440401223: The Peppermint Pig (Yearling Classic)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0440401224 ISBN 13: 9780440401223

Publisher: Yearling Books, 1988

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When the Greengrasses move from London to rural Norfolk, a mischievous nine-year-old Polly acquires a runt piglet, whose rapid growth and uncontrollable antics surpass even Polly's expectations

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Review:

Warm and funny, this tale of a pint-size pig and the family he saves will take up a giant space in your heart (Kiran Millwood Hargrave)

No writer is better than Bawden at conveying the alienation of childhood (Times Literary Supplement)

One of the most subtly innovative of modern writers for children (TES)

Nina Bawden is a master at capturing the taste of growing up (New York Times)

Book Description:

This is Virago's first publication of one of Nina Bawden's most famous books for children. The Peppermint Pig, which won the Guardian Award for Children's Fiction, has been a great favourite since it was first published, over forty years ago.

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