The Water Gift and the Pig of the Pig

Name: The Water Gift and the Pig of the Pig
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Jacqueline Briggs Martin
ISBN: 9781470356293

Author: Jacqueline Briggs Martin

Narrator: Jennifer Ikeda

Unabridged: 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/08/2013

Categories: Children's Fiction, Science & Nature Stories

Synopsis

Jacqueline Briggs Martin has received a Caldecott Medal, ALA Notable honors, and Bulletin Blue Ribbons for her endearing children's books. Isabel and the Pig go with Grandfather when he is using his gift to find water. But one day, Grandfather believes he's lost his gift. When the Pig goes missing, Isabel is afraid he will never return. Without Grandfather's gift for finding what cannot be seen, how will they ever get the Pig back? "This poignant story of the magical gift a girl shares with her grandfather is a gem." -Kirkus Reviews

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tym

The art in this was gorgeous and textured, the story was heartwarming and magical, great children’s book.......more

Goodreads review by Peacegal

Sweet, unique, and gentle story of a magically-gifted family and their personality-plus pig friend who brings them joy, and when she one day becomes lost, brings them together in new ways. There's a great scene when the young girl narrator of the story finds a well of bravery inside her to rescue th......more

Goodreads review by ConnieLettow

A great story that introduces the history of divining for water, using a dowsing rod. It also introduces the old times when a trip around Cape Horn was a treacherous thing prior to the opening of the Panama Canal in 1914.......more