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Gail Gibbons’s appealingly illustrated Pigs (Holiday House, 2000) is a straightforward overview of real pigs in which readers learn about origin, breeds, behaviors, and uses of pigs, and discover the definitions of such terms as sow, swine, and boar. For ages 4-8. |
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Jules Older’s Pig (Charlesbridge Publishing, 2004), for the same age group, is filled with catchy trivia – for example, kids find out about pigs worldwide, pet pigs, and pig behaviors, as in why do pigs like to wallow in mud? For ages 4-8. |
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John Pukite’s A Field Guide to Pigs (Falcon, 1999) is a 128-page illustrated guide to domesticated and wild breeds of pigs, filled with unusual pig facts, pig sayings, pig superstitions, accounts of famous pigs, and a timeline of pig history. For teenagers and adults. |
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Lyall Watson’s The Whole Hog (Smithsonian Books, 2004) is an entertaining history of pigs (including reminiscences of the author’s pet warthog). Readers learn about pig evolution, anatomy, behavior, intelligence, and a lot of unexpected cool facts. For teenagers and adults. |
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A war over a pig? E.C. Coleman’s The Pig War (The History Press, 2010) is an account of the “Pig War” (1859-1872) that broke out between the United States and Great Britain when an American living on an island off Washington state shot a British pig. For teenagers and adults. |
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From PBS, The Joy of Pigs is a fascinating video survey of ancient pigs, modern pigs, global pigs, pet (Vietnamese pot-bellied) pigs, and some truly bizarre-looking wild pigs. See the website for background information, photos, puzzles, and resource lists. |
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Pig Information has brief information on raising pigs (a common 4-H livestock project), breeds of pigs, pig supplies, and an audio clip of pig sounds. (Not exactly oink.) |
