Letters From Sweetheart
Thelma Ray Jones, Corrinnia and Richard Briggs
Hardcover
(Jones Publishing Inc., June 7, 2009)
If you loved Babe and Charlottes Web, you will love the true story of Sweetheart the pig. Prepare to enter a magical world of pigs and puppies,ponies and Great Pyrenees, and the gentle farm woman who brings them all together. Letters From Sweetheart is a heart warming tale told by a baby pig, with the help of a woman she calls Mom. It is a glimpse of the barnyard world as seen and interpreted by one of the tenants, an adopted piglet originally named after Dr. Albert Schwitzer's pet pig, Thekla. Before long everyone knows her simply as Sweetheart. Based on the true adventures of an Ozark farm woman, and her menagerie, Letters from Sweetheart us full of life and love. It is a story for young and old alike who have ever experienced that magical bond between a trusting animal and an understanding caring human, and according to the arthor every incident is absolutely true. Each letter from the pig is a chapter, and there is a blank at the beginning so you can fill in your childs name. As Dear-------,. It is full of beautiful photographs of Sweethearts friends, Babe, the kind loving belgium mare, Suzanna and Donk Donk, the sweet white donkeys, and all the rest of the farm animals who are still alive and well right here on the farm. The watercolor prints are done by the arthor, and the books is beautifully designed by Corrinia Briggs, an award winning designer. The book is full of photographs of the beautiful Great Pyrenees who are Sweethearts friends and mentors. They taught her to bark and chase the deer in the forrest, although they could never catch them. This is a book all ages will enjoy. It is a stunningly beautiful piece of art work , done by a premier printer in Hong kong.
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