The Humpherys Family

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (#19)

Record Added: 8/23/2009
A Favorite Book
Illustrator Beatrix Potter
Series Peter Rabbit and Friends
Setting England
Topic Animal Characters
Publisher Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd
ISBN 0723247889   Year 2002
Age 4-8   Pages 128
Description white dj, blue cover, smal
 
A little pig name Robinson gets kidnapped by a man who is a captain's cook on a merchant ship named the 'Pound of Candles'. The pig meets the ship's cat who is in love with an owl. The cat helps the pig escape to a deserted island, where he lives happily ever after and becomes the pig with a ring in his nose... See Edward Lear's "The Owl and the Pussycat".
Notes
The setting of Little Pig Robinson is based on various English seaside towns where she spent holidays when she was young.
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