My birthday present
I had to share this with you guys.
My husband collected and gave me a series of four Jean-Pierre guinea pig books for my birthday this week. He searched them all out and got them all from auctions. What a sweetie!!!
Have you guys seen these books? They have the cutest crayon-type illustrations!
My husband collected and gave me a series of four Jean-Pierre guinea pig books for my birthday this week. He searched them all out and got them all from auctions. What a sweetie!!!
Have you guys seen these books? They have the cutest crayon-type illustrations!
- Lynx
- Celebrate!!!
I´m not familiar with them. Maybe you could post a pic of a sample? It would give us some idea of what they are like.
That does sound like an awfully thoughtful thing to do. You must have found one of the good ones.
That does sound like an awfully thoughtful thing to do. You must have found one of the good ones.
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I´ll scan some tomorrow. We´ve started a collection of guinea pig children´s books. I am surprised just how many there are. The Jean-Pierre books, I believe, are by a French Canadian author. There´s another book we´ve gotten recently called "Olga de Polga" that also has really cute illustrations.
Our poor kids (when we have some).... Wow, Mom. Another story about a guinea pig!
Our poor kids (when we have some).... Wow, Mom. Another story about a guinea pig!
Oh, they sound great! What a wonderful gift!
I´ve heard of Olga da Polga (never actually seen it though) but not the others.
I would love to get some books about guinea pigs. Right now I am trying to find the two books I am missing out of the 4-book Max series. (Max is an orange manx cat who goes saerching all over the world for his tail. Ever heard of it? I think it was later made into a TV show.) Anyway, I hope I´m as successful in finding them as your husband was!
Enjoy your books!

I would love to get some books about guinea pigs. Right now I am trying to find the two books I am missing out of the 4-book Max series. (Max is an orange manx cat who goes saerching all over the world for his tail. Ever heard of it? I think it was later made into a TV show.) Anyway, I hope I´m as successful in finding them as your husband was!
Enjoy your books!
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- My home, ruled by pigs!
Lucky you and happy birthday. Could you post the titles of those books. I have the one called "The day the Guinea Pig Talked". I love the illustrations. I wasn´t aware that there were more books about Jean-Pierre.
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What is the name of the author? Since I´m a French Canadian myself, I´d like to get those books for my son.
We have the series about Caramel, the guinea pig, but the books are in French. Apparently, in English, he´s called Fluffy. The author is Kate McMullan.
http://www.katemcmullan.com/
We have the series about Caramel, the guinea pig, but the books are in French. Apparently, in English, he´s called Fluffy. The author is Kate McMullan.
http://www.katemcmullan.com/
If memory serves, "Olga Da Polga" was written by Dick King-Smith (who also wrote ´The Sheep Pig´ which was made into the film ´Babe´.) He´s a superb children´s author. Another great book of his is ´The Fox Busters´ - all about a group of hens who decide to fight back!
Cea, I think Olga Da Polga was actually by Michael Bond, who wrote the Paddington Bear series.
Archichik, that´s a really sweet present. Happy birthday.
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Oh, I just ran a search on Jean-Pierre, and discovered the books were written by Paul Gallico! He also wrote the Mrs Harris book series, as well as The Snow Goose and Jennie - both lovely allegorical animal stories.
Here is a site with scanned covers:
http://www.paulgallico.info/guineapigtalked.html
I think Paul Gallico was American, although I can´t be certain.
Archichik, that´s a really sweet present. Happy birthday.
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Oh, I just ran a search on Jean-Pierre, and discovered the books were written by Paul Gallico! He also wrote the Mrs Harris book series, as well as The Snow Goose and Jennie - both lovely allegorical animal stories.
Here is a site with scanned covers:
http://www.paulgallico.info/guineapigtalked.html
I think Paul Gallico was American, although I can´t be certain.
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- Lynx
- Celebrate!!!
I remember being entranced by "The Abandoned" when I read it as a child. And we also had a copy of "Too Many Ghosts". The Paul Galico site sums up "The Abandonded" as: This is the story of a young boy called Peter, who is knocked down by a car. To his considerable astonishment, when he recovers, he is not a young boy, but a cat! He meets another cat, Jennie, who educates him in the wiles of the feline world. I think some books are other-worldly and really make an impression on young minds.
Yes. He was American, now that I´ve read the entire dust jacket. The four books are:
"The Day the Guinea Pig Talked" illustrated by Dulac
"The Day Jean-Pierre Was Pignapped" illustrated by Dulac (the cutest illustrations!!) - from the Coquitlam Public Library in Coquitlam, BC
"The Day Jean-Pierre Joined the Circus" illustrated by Gioia Fiammenghi
"The Day Jean-Pierre Went Round the World" illustrated by Gioia Fiammenghi - from Parkland Regional Library in Lacombe, Alberta
I´ll try to scan some images for posting.
"The Day the Guinea Pig Talked" illustrated by Dulac
"The Day Jean-Pierre Was Pignapped" illustrated by Dulac (the cutest illustrations!!) - from the Coquitlam Public Library in Coquitlam, BC
"The Day Jean-Pierre Joined the Circus" illustrated by Gioia Fiammenghi
"The Day Jean-Pierre Went Round the World" illustrated by Gioia Fiammenghi - from Parkland Regional Library in Lacombe, Alberta
I´ll try to scan some images for posting.
Hey, I have a friend who lives there! Coquitlam, that is! small world.
The "Fluffy" books are cute, I have three of them, Scholastic publishes them here. I borrowed "Olga Da Polga" from the school down the street to read- it is fun, my mom was amazed that I had never read it, I had to remind her that it had been out of print for years. My two favorites are a book about plus ones, and it´s sequal about minus ones. "One Guinea Pig is Not Enough" and "Twenty is Too Many" both by Kate Duke. I also have a couple by Dick King- Smith, the author of "Babe." "I Love Guinea Pigs" and "Jenius; The Amazing Guinea Pig."
The "Fluffy" books are cute, I have three of them, Scholastic publishes them here. I borrowed "Olga Da Polga" from the school down the street to read- it is fun, my mom was amazed that I had never read it, I had to remind her that it had been out of print for years. My two favorites are a book about plus ones, and it´s sequal about minus ones. "One Guinea Pig is Not Enough" and "Twenty is Too Many" both by Kate Duke. I also have a couple by Dick King- Smith, the author of "Babe." "I Love Guinea Pigs" and "Jenius; The Amazing Guinea Pig."