The Pirate Pig, Cornelia Funke
The Pirate Pig, Cornelia Funke
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The Pirate Pig

Author: Cornelia Funke, Oliver Latsch

Narrator: Cornelia Funke

Unabridged: 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/10/2015


Synopsis

The beloved and bestselling author of Inkheart brings imagination, adventure, and humor to a swashbuckling full-color chapter book!
 
Who needs a treasure map when you have a pirate pig with a nose for gold? Stout Sam and his deckhand, Pip, find a pig washed up in a barrel on the beach. They want to keep her as a pet, but they soon realize Julie is no ordinary pig. She can sniff out treasure! What happens if Barracuda Bill, the greediest and meanest pirate who ever sailed the seas, hears about Julie’s special talent?
 
Cornelia Funke’s charming and fun chapter books are available to an American audience for the very first time.

About The Author

Cornelia Funke is a multiple award-winning German author, best known for writing the Inkworld trilogy as well as The Thief Lord. The Inkworld books, which have won the 2003 Mildred L. Batchelder Award as well as the 2004 and 2006 BookSense Book of the Year Children's Literature Awards, have gained incredible attention and Funke has been dubbed the "German J.K. Rowling." She currently lives in Los Angeles, California.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Calista on July 01, 2017

An early reader for those just starting out on chapter books. It's a pig who can smell treasure in the water. Naturally, pirates have thrown the pig overboard for not being able to find treasure. Away from the pirates, so does smell treasure and the pirates find out and they want her back. It's a si......more

Goodreads review by Elsa on March 23, 2019

Early reader chapter book. Nothing very special, but still an engaging adventure story with some mystery and suspense. Highly recommend for pig lovers who are ready for something a tiny bit more advanced than Mercy Watson. Food seems to be an important plot point in all pig books.......more

Goodreads review by Dianne on July 14, 2015

*Also posted at Oops! I Read A Book Again* Thank you to Random House Children's Books for the review copy! Receiving one did not affect my views of the novel. So I admit, I don't have a kid to read this one to so my work colleague and I decided to read it and discuss it. I'll keep this one short as I......more

Goodreads review by Panda on July 08, 2015

Absolutely delightful. I got this book because I like other things by the author and knew my pig-loving younger sister would like it. It probably only took fifteen minutes for me to read this, but it was a very pleasant fifteen minutes: most books at this reading level rely on dumb gags and potty hu......more

Goodreads review by Karen on January 27, 2015

Cute, quick read for fans of Mercy Watson. *Accessed e-galley through Edelweiss......more