pigs

"In this title, beginning readers will learn about word families, practice using them, and then apply what they've learned by reading a fun decodable animal story. Readers can use their phonics skills to find out how to get pigs in wigs to dig!"--Provided by publisher.

Cordelia may look like a goat, but on the inside she knows she is a tugboat--or tuggoat--no matter what anybody tells her.

"After the outbreak of a mysterious disease that's turned the world upside down, Willow and her team, the Silver Paw, have done all they can to survive. When word gets to the Silver Paw that their kindergartner allies are suffering from a super-itchy rash, it's up to Willow and Cami to track down a rare desert herb to save their friends from their scratchy stupor. But PIGGY is hot on their trail, and out for revenge... Can Willow and Cami get out of the desert in one piece? Or will the desert sun set on the end of the Silver Paw?"--Provided by publisher.

"It's been ten months since Ben confronted the dark truths at the center of the Infection and things are--surprisingly--going well. But lately, he has started having bad dreams again. Dreams of an ominous, bow tie wearing figure with sinister intentions. And he's not the only one--people all over Lucella are having similar nightmares. Now Ben must assemble a team of friends both new and old to defeat The Entity and his sewer-dwelling legion before the island of Lucella falls into their evil clutches!"--Provided by publisher.

When Nanny Piggins discovers some startling truths about the ruthless ringmaster, the circus will never be the same. But she doesn't stop there, she also makes time to provide counselling to a Molavadinian princess with pre-wedding jitters, win a Nobel Prize while impersonating her sister and catch up with her favourite 4-tonne friend, Esmeralda the forgetful elephant.

Nanny Piggins gets in trouble with the law after some illicit tight rope walking, and is sentenced to 5,000 hours community service. But she isn't the type of pig to take her punishment lying down, not when there are old people to rescue, pirates to impersonate and a great big bus to borrow.

Instead of being in school, Derrick, Samantha and Michael find themselves in NASA's space shuttle, which Nanny Piggins manages to blast into outer space...

When Mr Green rings from a tropical island, begging to be rescued, Nanny Piggins' first instinct is to say no. However, a principle is at stake. No-one kidnaps her employer--at least not without written permission from her. So Nanny Piggins sets out to save the hapless tax lawyer, and to do so she must first dabble in a spot of bungy jumping, deceive immigration officials wearing a fake moustache and seduce the President with her most powerful weapon--the dance of the seven cakes.

"Now that this former ball hog has learned to be a team player, Hoggy's friends think he's a real catch. But Hoggy feels more at home on the basketball court than he does on the baseball diamond. He wants to hit the ball so flawlessly that it soars over the fence. Instead, it's a swing and a miss. When Hoggy strikes out, the pressure is on. Can he learn to relax and enjoy a fun game with his friends? Or will the pressure to win keep him from stepping up to the plate?"--Provided by the publisher.

When Poppy the pig's dream of being an ice skating star takes her to a big competition in Paris, she meets all sorts of interesting animal competitors from different sports and learns that a smile is the same in any language.