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All Pigs Are Beautiful with Audio: Read, Listen, & Wonder Paperback – Picture Book, August 12, 2008

by Dick King-Smith (Author), Anita Jeram (Illustrator)
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Introducing READ, LISTEN, & WONDER!
This vibrant book-and-CD series brings the best of our Read and Wonder nature stories to life.

Each paperback title in the series includes a CD that features:
* an engaging read-aloud with sound effects
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Oink! Oink! Pigs...beautiful? Who'd have guessed?
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  1. Reading age
    4 - 8 years
  2. Part of series
    Read and Wonder
  3. Print length
    32 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Grade level
    Preschool - 3
  6. Lexile measure
    890L
  7. Dimensions
    9.52 x 0.14 x 10.6 inches
  8. Publisher
    Candlewick
  9. Publication date
    August 12, 2008
  10. ISBN-10
    0763638668
  11. ISBN-13
    978-0763638665
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Dick King-Smith was a dairy farmer for twenty years, but he always
kept pigs. He said "I am devoted to them. Everything I say about them is absolutely true."

Anita Jeram had never drawn a pig before, but learned about pigs by watching them on farms."I'd love to own one," she says now, "but I don't think my family would approve."

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Candlewick; PAP/COM edition (August 12, 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0763638668
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0763638665
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 4 - 8 years
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 890L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 3
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.52 x 0.14 x 10.6 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 55 ratings

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Born in Gloucestershire in 1922, Dick King-Smith grew up surrounded by pets and knew from a young age that he wanted to be a farmer. He served in the Grenadier Guards during the Second World War, spent twenty years as a farmer, and then had a further career as a primary-school teacher. But he found greatest success and satisfaction in later life as a children’s author. Many of his stories are inspired by his farming experiences, the children he taught, his large family and numerous pets. He wrote around 130 children's books, which have been translated into many languages, won many awards and sold over 15 million copies worldwide. They include The Sheep-Pig, which won the Guardian Award and was filmed as the hugely successful and beloved Babe, as well as The Hodgeheg, The Queen's Nose, The Fox Busters, the Sophie stories, Daggie Dogfoot (Pigs Might Fly) and many more. Dick's story The Water Horse was also turned into a major Hollywood film, and The TV series' The Queen's Nose and Harry's Mad were very popular. Dick even presented and starred in several television shows during the '80's and '90's with his Dachshund sidekick Dodo.

In 2010 he was made OBE for services to children's literature. Dick King-Smith died in 2011 at the age of eighty-eight. Dick’s legacy and love of animals continues today with the family-run and incredibly popular Twitter channel @DickKingSmith

You can learn more about Dick's stories and his interesting life here - www.dickkingsmith.com

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Do NOT read this book. Inappropriate and poorly written phrasing
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Do NOT read this book. Inappropriate and poorly written phrasing
This is a TERRIBLE book. I am appalled that this was written and is considered a children’s book. The use of words such as STUPID, ECSTASY, and calling some people PLAIN UGLY make this wildly inappropriate for children. I know ecstasy is not a bad word but I can only imagine the parent phone calls I would have had if I had read that word and a child repeated it. I am a teacher and this book was included in our curriculum to read aloud to my kindergarteners. The storyline was not great either. Save yourself from having to skip over words and sentences and forgo reading it altogether
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Dana T
5.0 out of 5 stars This Book is Beautiful
Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2016
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This book is so sweet and beautifully illustrated. It also explains our pet piglet in easy to understand ways for children. Its a family favorite!
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Sarah
4.0 out of 5 stars Fun, nonfiction book!
Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2011
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This book is great for a number of classroom activities! My class really enjoyed the nonfiction portion of learning about pigs, but then I gave them a chance to write about something that is beautiful to them!
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5.0 out of 5 stars PIGS
Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2013
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I love pigs! This is a cute little book that gives facts about pigs that most people don't know about these intelligent creatures. Great to teach little ones about pigs.
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Stacia H.
5.0 out of 5 stars Every child should have thus book.
Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2019
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Great book.
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John Rogers
5.0 out of 5 stars good book
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2017
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good book
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RICHARD
4.0 out of 5 stars They ARE!
Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2008
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This book is hillariously true! A great book for all pig lovers and all children.
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SeaShell
5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining and Informative
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2011
This book is essentially an essay written by someone who has kept and loves pigs. He is very enthusiastic about pigs, and discusses their likes, their dislikes, and their quirks, giving an insight into the life of a pig that most children probably will never get to see first hand.

My children especially loved the part of the book where the author 'interprets' what different pig grunts might mean in humanspeak - very, very funny, indeed!
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W Mianecke
3.0 out of 5 stars I recommend this book, just with a caution.
Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2016
I wanted to write this to acknowledge the few negative reviews here and offer my own opinion. The criticisms (regarding judgmental adjectives like "ugly" and "stupid" about both people and pigs) raised are valid, but, I feel they're valid as a VERY HELPFUL caution to the potential customer. I admit, when I first read the book (before bringing it to the school where I work) those were significant stumbling blocks. After some consideration I concluded that the language in question, and the fact that it got past the editorial process, can be seen as cultural. I'm not British but friends of mine who are and who live there have told me language can be less, dare I say, "p.c." about certain things. Doesn't make it alright, but, I feel that's part of it. However, this book is otherwise so VERY delightful and so VERY affirming that I simply choose to alter the text when I read it aloud (this is the case with some other 99% awesome children's books. sometimes it seems the author simply did not try reading it aloud him or herself) or ask a child after he or she reads it how he or she felt about those parts. I recommend this book as a keeper, just with a caution.
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elsieay
5.0 out of 5 stars I now know this book off by heart.........
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 15, 2013
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My 6 year old brought this home from the library - and there began his love of pigs. This easy to read fact book is probably aimed at a younger audience, but we put the CD on at bedtime, and he falls asleep to this wonderful story.
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Zufriedene Kundin
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely lovely!
Reviewed in Germany on June 19, 2013
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This book is just absolutely wonderful, not just for kids but also for anybody how likes quality illustration and a good laugh.
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Chris Caughey
5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Book!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 9, 2017
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Such a wonderful Story! As are all Dick King Smith books are!
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Reggie Jupe
5.0 out of 5 stars All Pigs are Beautiful
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 10, 2013
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This is a great story book, with the added bonus of a cd for those times when I am not available to read the story. Thank you!!
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2piggies
5.0 out of 5 stars lovely book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 9, 2013
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my daughter is pig mad so this book is perfect, we have enjoyed reading it many times and its a family favourite
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