The Adventures of a South Pole Pig, Chris Kurtz
The Adventures of a South Pole Pig, Chris Kurtz
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The Adventures of a South Pole Pig
A novel of snow and courage

Author: Chris Kurtz

Narrator: Ellie Gossage

Unabridged: 4 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/31/2023

Synopsis

"Move over Wilbur and Babe, there's a new pig in town." —School Library Journal (starred review)

Flora's a die-hard dreamer. She's never left the farm, but she knows she was born for adventure. She's determined to become a sled pig!

A harrowing voyage to Antarctica, a bacon-loving cook, and a shipwreck in deadly conditions stand between Flora and her dream. What will happen to Flora, whose companions see her as more of a meal than an adventurer?

As the ship's captain says, you never know where brains and talent will come from. They just may come from this brave pig.

About Chris Kurtz

Chris Kurtz is a talented teacher, storyteller, and writer. In addition to The Adventures of a South Pole Pig, he wrote the middle-grade novel The Pup Who Cried Wolf, and has cowritten picture books with his sister Jane Kurtz. He lives in Portland, Oregon, with his family.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kara on March 30, 2013

At the end of the day Charlotte's Web is the better book and will always be the better book for reasons any grad student would love to write an 80 page paper on, explaining them to you. However, put the characters of Wilbur and Flora snot to snot, and, hooves down, Flora will come out on top. Every t......more

Goodreads review by Betsy on September 30, 2013

Review originally posted on Literaritea This book came out on my birthday this year (January 8) along with titles such as Hokey Pokey, Navigating Early, and The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brockett. Despite the "potential Newbery buzz" for books like Hokey Pokey and Navigating Early (both......more

Goodreads review by Jonathan on April 11, 2016

From the very start, I was impressed by the narrative voice the author established. Flora, the main character, is a pig. For the first quarter of the book, she’s stuck in a pig pen. Yet, it works! It does not drag at all because Flora’s enthusiasm and zest are extremely engaging. There’s not much go......more

Goodreads review by Margo on January 08, 2013

Children's books are filled with memorable pig characters. Classics such as Freddie the Detective, Charlotte's friend Wilbur, and Babe the sheep-pig have been joined in more recent years by characters such as Poppleton, Mercy Watson, and Nanny Piggins. To those wonderful porcines we must add a new m......more

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