The Great Pig Escape

By Linda Moller

When the farm cat warns Runtling the pig of his approaching fate, he realises that the trip to market is one which he must avoid at all costs and he rushes off to warn his long-lost siblings of the danger. Together the thirteen pigs escape and make their way across country, learning all sorts of new things about themselves, about humans and about the world outside the farmyard.

It seems that their troubles are over when they find an abandoned farm. Then the new owners take possession of their land and the pigs fear that their escape has been in vain.

But Nick and Polly Faraway have strange, alternative ideas about farming and a lifestyle which may work to the benefit of pigs and humans. Maybe there can be a happy ending after all

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0862786673
• ISBN13: 9780862786670
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: O'Brien Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.1" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Clever and Funny

My three-year-old daughter loves to search for the pigs disguised as people on each page of this witty book. When she finds one, she squeals, "A PIG! A PIG!" It's good fun for both of us. I also like the message of this book, which pokes fun at humans by anthropomorphizing the escapees, who ultimately save the life of their tormentor, the farmer who is obsessed with re-capturing them. Lots of whimsy in the drawings as well as the text. We borrowed it from the library, but had to go buy it afterwards for the permanent collection.