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A Day No Pigs Would Die
by Robert Newton Peck
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Audio Bookshelf (1993-09)
ISBN: 1883332052
EAN: 9781883332051
Audio Cassette: 3 pages
SKU: 01PA-002b-6-0108
Condition: G
Comments: ISBN: 0807285072 ; UNABRIDGED; EX-LIBRARY with typical stickers and markings; 3 audiocassettes in library packaging with original artwork; Case shows typical wear; Everything appears to be in order; While we cannot test our thousands of hours of media, we guarantee them to play well. Narrated by Robert Sevra. *International Buyers Welcome!* (except for prohibitively heavy items, as noted) - Satisfied customers in over 40 countries! We ship quickly and guarantee satisfaction. Your purchase helps support a U. Chicago student
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
A Vermont farm, the Shaker faith, and a father's love--share in a boyhood of the rarest magic, a story filled with unforgettable love and light. 2 cassettes.
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Customer Reviews
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Boring
Rating  (1)
Date: 2008-10-15
This book was really extremely boring. The most exciting part to me was the end because I knew that I wouldn't have to read anymore. I bought it because my husband remembered liking this book as a child. After reading it myself, I think he must have been very young when he read it and does not remember it correctly.
I can appreciate a well written and interesting book even I do no agree with the morals involved. That being said, this book was not well written or interesting and I found it very offensive. The overwhelming theme of animal cruelty was too much for me. If my child wanted to read this book, I would allow it, but I'd also be ready for a very in depth discussion about how this book talks presents terrible things in a very cavalier fasion.
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The meat, not the pudding.
Rating  (4)
Date: 2008-06-25
This book is the antidote to the sugary-sweetness of _Charlotte's Web_ or _Babe_. Perhaps you hadn't noticed that either of these two were amazingly sappy. This book puts them in perspective as sugar-coated froth.
While sometimes melancholy, this book delivers a wonderful meal of a story. This tale is sure to nourish far more - and perhaps more realistically - than any tale of talking animals.
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dark and humorous, meaningful and beautiful
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-05-26
A coming of age story for a young boy in 1920s rural Vermont, as he learns to run the farm and understand his father and his father's role. The book is a series of humorous tales and Robert's growing understanding of his world. He hunts, delivers calves, goes to the Rutland Fair, takes care of his pig, and eventually buries his father. A beautiful, funny, and moving tale. A graphic view of life on a farm might be too much for younger children. Grade: A+
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WOW! This is such a heartbreaking book.
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-05-19
This book is amazing because a boy of 12 years old has to help his father on their farm. The most shocking things happens to this boy. First he gets a pig from his neighbor, Ben, and he names the pig Pinky. Some funny events happen in this book too -- like the time, Robert vomits on one of the judges shoes at the fair. Many exciting things happen in this book that may astound you and your parents. I would recommend this book to children who like fascinating and heartbreaking stories. This book is entirely different than other books you may have read.
Sky, 8 years old and happily homeschooled!
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A book that glorifies animal cruelty
Rating (1)
Date: 2008-05-07
5 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
I'd give this book zero stars if I could. It sends a message that "growing up" involves butchering pets. There is also dog abuse and a nasty pig rape scene. And this book is assigned to children? We should teach children to respect and care for animals. This book graphically depicts harming and in one case murdering pets.
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