The Peppermint Pig
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Pan Macmillan
Publishing:8th Jan '26
£8.99
This title is due to be published on 8th January, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
'Warm and funny, this tale of a pint-size pig and the family he saves will take up a giant space in your heart' - Kiran Millwood Hargrave
‘What a consummate storymaker Nina Bawden is’ Michael Morpurgo
Winner of The Guardian's Prize for Children's Fiction, The Peppermint Pig is a modern classic by Nina Bawden, beloved author of Carrie's War. Perfect for children aged 9+.
‘D’ya want a peppermint pig, Mrs Greengrass?’ Poll looked at the milkman, thinking of sweets, but there was a real pig poking its snout out of the milkman’s coat pocket. It was the tiniest pig she had ever seen.'
It is a difficult year for the Greengrasses. Poll’s father has gone overseas for work and the family has to rely on the generosity of two aunts. After moving to a small country town, Poll struggles to settle into her new life and she just can’t seem to keep out of trouble! Everything changes when a clever, mischievous pig arrives. Can he bring joy and laughter back into their lives?
No writer is better than Bawden at conveying the alienation of childhood * Times Literary Supplement *
One of the most subtly innovative of modern writers for children * TES *
Nina Bawden is a master at capturing the taste of growing up * New York Times *
What a consummate storymaker Nina Bawden is -- Michael Morpurgo
Warm and funny, this tale of a pint-size pig and the family he saves will take up a giant space in your heart -- Kiran Millwood Hargrave
ISBN: 9781035082759
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
240 pages