Pignapped! : A Cobtown Story

by Julia Van Nutt, Robert Van Nutt

One Little Striped Pig!Oinkey has been pignapped! Three men of science arrive in Cobtown to collect new and rare plants, minerals, and animals. They are eager to take their discoveries back to the big city of Ploomajiggy. But their expedition fails. Humiliated, the scientists leave town, but not before one of them, Dr. Z. Z. Squeers, makes off with an animal that he's determined to display at the Ploomajiggy Museum of Animal History. The animal is Heddy Peggler's wild pig, Oinkey. But Oinkey doesn't go willingly. . . . With no time to lose, Heddy and her friend Fliberty Jibbert take off after Dr. Squeers. Lucky Hart joins them in Ploomajiggy. But what awaits them at the museum is enough to frighten the bravest soul. Will Oinkey regain his freedom? Or will he be forever captive and immortalized in the name of science?

Genres: Picture Books

32 pages, Hardcover

First published May 9, 2000

Reviews

[Miss Meghan's Class · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was, by far, one of the best kid books that I have read in quite awhile, not including Dr Seuss whose books I am obsessed with. In fact, it was my pick out of the kid section when we were at the library and I just happened to see the edge of it on a shelf and for some reason it caught my attention. The inside of the front and back covers have old-time looking newspaper articles, which is really interesting to young kids who have never seen something like that before. It is the story of a pig who is kidnapped - obviously - and written as journal entries in an old diary they found in the attic. It was very cute and different and the kids were really interested in looking at the art and following along with the story of the pig's loved ones searching everywhere and working hard for it's return. Any book that keeps a 3 year old, 4 year old and 5 year old riveted - that's the kind of book for me - and me, the adult, enjoyed it as well. :)