How Tickles Saved Pickles
A True Story
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Esther the Wonder Pig meets Little Book of Sloth in this charming true story about the adorable Instagram stars, Pickles the pig and his friend—the hog-turned-hero—Tickles.
Pickles the Pig (@LivingwithPickles) has been featured on The Dodo, Inside Edition, and People!
Pickles is a pig, rescued as a wee one and now living it up at his forever home.
But one day Pickles becomes very sick. His only hope?
One big sow with an even bigger heart on a faraway farm…but will she get to Pickles in time?
Learn the true story about one extraordinary pig and his savior in this inspiring photographic picture book!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In an uplifting underdog (underpig?) story, piglet Pickles is the last of his siblings to be adopted. After finding a forever home, Pickles makes dog friends and even learns how to paint and surf moments captured in bright, endearing photographs. But when the black-and-white pig eats "something I shouldn't have eaten" (rat poison, according to the back matter), he requires a blood transfusion. Enter Tickles: a 650 lb. hog whose blood donation saves Pickles's life. Pickles wishes for a home for Tickles as well (if she were to stay, "She wouldn't fit in my bathtub. She wouldn't fit at our table"). Finally, Pickles explains, his parents find a friendly farm for Tickles to live and where Pickles (as well as his new brother, a French bulldog puppy named Dill) can visit anytime. Johnson's narrative is uncomplicated and earnest; animal lovers will be particularly touched by Pickles's relationships with other animal friends. Ages 4 8.
