Sir Pigglesworth's Adventures in Pigonia: The Story of Sir Pigglesworth as a Young Piglet, with Pirate Battles! (Toddler-Level Violence) [Illustrated ... Ages 6-10] (4) (Sir Pigglesworth Adventure) - Softcover

Wagner, JoAnn; DeBellis, Jim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1680550691 ISBN 13: 9781680550696

Publisher: Sir Pigglesworth Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

Learn how the royal scamp, Sir Pigglesworth, was thrust into the spotlight.  The Queen only knights someone who has performed an act of bravery.  What did Sir Pigglesworth do to earn that honor?  Why did Queen Alexandra commission Sir Pigglesworth to be her emissary to the world? Why does he always wear goggles and a white scarf?  What is his ancestry...where does his family come from?

You will learn all the answers in Sir Pigglesworth's Adventures in Pigonia.  The story begins long, long ago...in 1802 when his great-great-great-great grandfather, the Grand Duke of Pigglesworth, was sent by the King to Pigonia, an island 3000 miles from London.  After establishing a thriving colony on Pigonia, the Grand Duke left to move to New York.  

All of the pigs on Pigonia lived peacefully for the next 200 years...this is where our story really begins. Children will be delighted by this story that has pirates, mud monsters, turtle hopping on the beach and many more exciting adventures!  They will especially love the colorful full-page illustrations in the book.

 

1st Place Winner in the 2016 Royal Dragonfly Book Awards in Children's Chapter Book category

1st Place Winner in the 2017 Texas Association Of Authors Children's Chapter Book category

About this title

About the Author:

JoAnn Wagner was born in New York in 1951 and grew up just outside of New York City. She spent 20 years upstate in Kingston, NY before moving to Mesquite, TX, a suburb of Dallas, in 1986. She recently retired, having worked for 25 years at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. Her hobbies include kickboxing, reading, cruising, yoga, and writing. JoAnn is married, and between her and her husband they have 5 wonderful children and 6 beautiful, rambunctious grandchildren. The "Sir Pigglesworth's Adventure Series" was born when JoAnn's church gave out a flying pig stress ball for the congregation to take around over the summer and post pictures on Facebook. Everywhere she went people smiled and laughed, and were excited to have their picture taken with Sir Pigglesworth, as she dubbed the pig. The idea blossomed until it became clear that Sir Pigglesworth's adventures needed to be shared with children around the world. JoAnn does book readings at school, libraries and churches. She passes out a pig nose for each child to wear during the reading - they love it and try to see who can "snort" the loudest! They get to keep the nose. JoAnn even wears one during the reading...the kids think it's hilarious! Since kids like to get "stuff", JoAnn gives them custom made Sir Pigglesworth bookmarks that are written in English on one side and Spanish on the other, and "I Love to Read" stickers. Because of our large Hispanic population, JoAnn is planning on having her books available in Spanish soon.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sir Pigglesworth Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1680550691
• ISBN 13: 9781680550696
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 86
• Illustrator: Darchicourt David