"A wonderful celebration of the attributes of guinea pigs... A popular pet and familiar subject is given new vigor and interest through originality...
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Apr 18, 2011
Kathryn
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Very cute and informative little story about the author's love of guinea pigs! I've never owned guinea pigs myself and, while I always thought they looked kind of cute, never had much interest in them. This book really made me appreciate them! I learned how much they love to converse with one another, that their babies are born with fur (making them extra-cute), and that Guinea pigs even PURR! How cute is that!? If you plan to share this with young/sensitive children, do note that the autho
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Apr 05, 2011
Abigail
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I don't think I'd ever really considered the charms of the guinea pig - having never had one as a pet myself, nor encountered them much, as a child - before reading my friend Jackie's review of this adorable book. But now, having read I Love Guinea Pigs, a picture-book by the prolific Dick King-Smith - whose many animals adventures, for slightly older readers, include titles like Babe: The Gallant Pig and A Mouse Called Wolf - I am won over by their personality, their endearing habits, and yes,
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Feb 27, 2010
Jackie "the Librarian"
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Before I came across this book, I did not like guinea pigs. The only ones I'd ever met were squeaky, bitey animals who weren't socialized to like people. It's hard to like animals that bite you when you try to pet them!
Plus, I accidentally lost my cousins' guinea pig when I was 12, so I have guinea pig guilt, too. (If you bring a guinea pig out on in the yard to eat grass, you have to keep an eye on it, or it WILL disappear.)
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Plus, I accidentally lost my cousins' guinea pig when I was 12, so I have guinea pig guilt, too. (If you bring a guinea pig out on in the yard to eat grass, you have to keep an eye on it, or it WILL disappear.)
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Feb 26, 2010
Misha
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Read in its entirety while it was being passed around at the Oly Reads book group. It was adorable. I had an Abyssinian for a few years around the time I was in grad school. Her name was Magda McGee the Pig from Guinea, and she had these black whorls of fur that stuck out like cowlicks all over the place, like she had permanent bedhead. It was awesome. She was totally fearless. She'd march right up to the cats and sniff at them like she was daring them to mess with her. They never did.
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Oct 21, 2010
Erika
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We recently adopted two very cute little "piggies." We read a lot of facts on the internet about raising guinea pigs, along with some very stern advice about how to humanely keep the adorably round-bottomed critters. While much of what we read was written by people who surely love and care for their cavies, much of it lacked a palpable sense of love and, quite frankly, the kids were bored to death by the lists and dry descriptions of how to keep these spirited rodents.
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Jul 18, 2010
Jim
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now i want one.
this is King-Smith's lovesong about guinea pigs. Timmy didn't love Lassie as much as King-Smith loves the little rodents. how to care for them, different kinds, how to pick them up etc. should be in every classroom that has one.
give this book to a kid whose parents you want to annoy. i could see a retiring third grade teacher giving this and a one pound bar of chocolate from trader joe's to all the kids on her last day of teaching.
this is King-Smith's lovesong about guinea pigs. Timmy didn't love Lassie as much as King-Smith loves the little rodents. how to care for them, different kinds, how to pick them up etc. should be in every classroom that has one.
give this book to a kid whose parents you want to annoy. i could see a retiring third grade teacher giving this and a one pound bar of chocolate from trader joe's to all the kids on her last day of teaching.
Jul 06, 2009
jacky
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I read this book while Alicia was looking around the library this morning. If I were to ever get a rodent pet, a guinea pig would be it. They just seem so much cuter and cuddly. I also love the sounds they make. This book was a cute non-fiction book that tells all the general information you would want to know about guinea pigs. The illustrations of the baby ones were super cute.
Feb 06, 2011
Kaye
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636.4 KING-SMITH
A nonfiction book written in a picture book style. The picture book story line has is beautifully detailed drawings. On the same page with the story, their is another picture with handwritten words that tell a tidbit about pig life. Great for young readers.
Series title: Read and wonder
A nonfiction book written in a picture book style. The picture book story line has is beautifully detailed drawings. On the same page with the story, their is another picture with handwritten words that tell a tidbit about pig life. Great for young readers.
Series title: Read and wonder
Jan 03, 2012
Leila
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Cute enough. Bananas that the author has owned "hundreds" of guinea pigs over the last fifty years. Great illustrations, good information. I thought potatoes would be mentioned.
Oct 18, 2010
Beverly
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This has a lot of great information about guinea pigs in an easy to read non-fiction narrative. Perfect read if there is a guinea pig in your child's classroom.
Jan 12, 2012
Hannah
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Very nice! Cute illustrations,nice facts and story,and a wonderful read aloud to my brorher and sister
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