Saving Emma the Pig by Jennifer L. Meyer, John Chester
Published by Feiwel & Friends on May 14, 2019
ISBN: 1250187796
Pages: 40
Genres: Animals
Format: Picture Book Nonfiction
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Emma the pig is pregnant and sick. The farmers of Apricot Lane Farms hope she has a small litter but then she gives birth to seventeen piglets! She’s exhausted and feverish and refuses to eat and the piglets have to live with the farmers for a while. While the writing in this book is a little odd (it took me a few pages to figure out that the narrator was a human and not a rooster, which is probably on me) the illustrations more than make up for it. This whole event was clearly nerve wracking for the farmers and the illustrations and text capture the tenderness and love that the farmers obviously have for their animals.

Reviewed by Sarah Maciejewski, Patten free Library, Bath