Old Pig by Margaret Wild
Old Pig by Margaret Wild
Old Pig by Margaret Wild
Old Pig by Margaret Wild

Old Pig by Margaret Wild

Illustrated by Ron Brooks

Winner, The Children’s Book Council of Australia, Book of the Year Award, 1996
Winner, The Children’s Book Council of Australia, Picture Book of the Year Award, 1996
Winner, The New Yorker, Best Book of the Year, 1997
Winner, National Council for Social Studies & Children’s Book Council, Notable Children’s Trade Book, 1997
Shortlisted, Chicago Tribune, Best Book of the Year, 1997
Shortlisted, Picture Book Division, ACT Canberra’s Own Outstanding List (COOL) Awards, 1998
Shortlisted, Young Australians’ Best Book Awards (YABBA), Picture Storybook, 1997
Commended, Ashton Scholastic Award for Best Designed Children’s Book, 1996

A beautiful and tender picture book about how to say goodbye. A treasured classic from two highly acclaimed picture book makers.

Old Pig and Granddaughter have lived together for a long, long time. They share everything, including the chores, until the day when Old Pig does not get up as usual for breakfast. Calmly she pays her bills and puts her affairs in order. Then she takes Granddaughter on a last, long walk – looking and listening, smelling and tasting. Old Pig and Granddaughter say goodbye to each other in the best way they know.

Condition: Excellent Condition
Format: Hardcover
Age: 4-6

Margaret Wild was born in South Africa and came to Australia in 1972. She has been a journalist on newspapers and magazines, and she worked as a book editor in children's publishing for sixteen years, responsible for managing and commissioning a large range of titles.

She has written more than seventy books and has been published around the world. Her numerous awards and distinctions include the Children’s Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year Award for Jenny Angel, illustrated by Anne Spudvilas; The Very Best of Friends, illustrated by Julie Vivas; and Fox, illustrated by Ron Brooks. In 2008 she received the Nan Chauncy Award for an outstanding contribution to children’s literature in Australia. Margaret Wild was the winner of the 2011 Lady Cutler Award. She lives in Sydney and writes full time.

Ron Brooks has illustrated many children’s books, including those considered to be classics of Australian picture book publishing: John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat (first published by Viking in 1986), and The Bunyip of Berkeley’s Creek (Viking 1989). Both these picture books have earned world-wide recognition and critical praise. Old Pig (published by Allen and Unwin) was named Best Book of the Year 1997 by the New Yorker and the Chicago Tribune. Recently Ron illustrated two beautiful companion picture books, Henry’s Bed and Henry’s Bath, written by his wife Margaret Perversi.

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