Guinea Pigs Far and Near [Hardcover]

Kate Duke (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 8, 1984

Illustrations of guinea pigs engaged in a variety of activities are accompanied by the word they depict.

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From Publishers Weekly

Duke's charming pigs make their first appearance in paperback. Ages 3-6.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 24 pages
• Publisher: Dutton Juvenile; 1st edition (October 8, 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0525441123
• ISBN-13: 978-0525441120
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,442,248 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars All hail the adorable guinea pig!, August 4, 2002

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Catherine S. Vodrey (East Liverpool, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Guinea Pigs Far and Near (Hardcover)

Kate Duke's charming book "Guinea Pigs Near and Far" puts welcome emphasis on the adorability of guinea pigs! So often in children's books we see mice, hamsters, squirrels, bunnies and all other manner of sweet little fuzzy animals, but the guinea pig has been sorely and notably neglected.

Duke rights that wrong with "Guinea Pigs Near and Far." Simplistic in the extreme--just simple comparisons of words like "near" and "far" and so on--the text isn't the main attraction here. The drawing power of this book is the guinea pigs, of course. They are shown hiking, biking, riding trains, flying kites, sailing boats, and generally being completely and utterly entrancing.