Books with title Curly the Pig

Miss Thorley was famished. For her first breakfast she had only had one loaf of bread dipped in lard. For her second breakfast she had only had ten pieces of fried bread with bacon and sausages on top. It was now time for her third and largest breakfast of the morning. ‘Pile them lunch-boxes up,’ she grunted pointing to her giant stomach. ‘I'm starving here. I've got growlers in my tummy. I'm getting the dreaded African swelly-belly like those poor kids off the telly. Put them lunch-boxes here right in front of my nose so that I can inspect them. I can smell that someone has chocolate cake…’

The Curly Cow is a heart-warming story about a family of cows and the girl who looked after them on a small farm in the Hunter Valley of NSW. It spans 37 years of farm life, showing us all the ups and downs of living on the land. It is the close bond and friendship between the author and the animals that make her long and unpredictable hours and climatic hardships worth the effort.'Joanne Le Maitre has told a lovely story in The Curly Cow. Suitable for country and city kids alike. Utterly, or should that be udderly adorable.' - Alison Lewis, author 'Missing''If you can look into a cow's eyes and see diamonds, you will love this book wholeheartedly and read it again and again. I want to come back as a cow. Not just an ordinary cow though, I want to come back as a special cow under the loving care of Joanne Le Maitre.' - John Morrow's 'Pick of the Week'