Just a Little Ham - Hardcover

Carris, Joan; Leder, Dora

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316129909 ISBN 13: 9780316129909

Publisher: Springboard Pr, 1990

Synopsis

A family's pet pig delights them with her intelligence and enthusiastic personality, until her independence leads her to such bad habits they are afraid they've created a monster.

About this title

From School Library Journal:

Grade 4-6-- Pandora may only be a mini-pig, but the changes her arrival brings to the Dean household are of hog-sized proportions. For 12-year-old Cory; her younger brother, Robert; and their widowed mother, life becomes a series of comic crises. Pandora is the latest in a long line of animal "behavioral studies" that psychology professor Amanda Dean delights in bringing home to her children. The little pig's disruptive antics provide the episodes which move the plot along, and the result is an amusing and appealing family story. Pig lore abounds as Pandora develops and displays unique talents, from toilet-flushing to providing Pandora's Products, the "Real Thing" in fertilizer. Cory at first rejects the idea of spending her summer vacation as top executive of "Pig Poop, Inc.," but she soon realizes the money-making potential, and even acquires a boyfriend who helps out with her unusual deliveries. The characters are sympathetic and believable, and the humorous situations are handled with a light touch. --Martha Rosen, Edgewood Sch . , Scarsdale, NY
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Springboard Pr
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0316129909
• ISBN 13: 9780316129909
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 135
• Illustrator: Leder Dora