The pirate pig
By: Cornelia Funke ; translated by Oliver Latsch ; illustrated by Kerstin Meyer
Contributors: Latsch, Oliver, tr; Meyer, Kerstin, ill
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 55
ISBN-13: 9780385375443; 9780385375450; 9780385375467
Subjects: Pirates; Treasure troves; Juvenile fiction; Fiction; Pigs; Swine; Islands; Buried treasure
Description: Who needs a treasure map when you have a pirate pig with a nose for gold? Stout Sam and his deckhand, Pip, find a pig washed up in a barrel on the beach. They want to keep her as a pet, but they soon realize Julie is no ordinary pig. She can sniff out treasure! What happens if Barracuda Bill, the greediest and meanest pirate who ever sailed the seas, hears about Julie's special talent?
Notes: "Originally published as Das Piratenschwein by Cecilie Dressler Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg, Germany, in 1999"--T.p. verso.

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