A Guinea Pig Christmas Carol

A Guinea Pig Christmas Carol
Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2018-10-09
Genre: Pets
ISBN: 9781635573114

Miserable to the core and wholly unwilling to extend a paw to help those in desperate need, the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge says "bah, Humbug!" to the festive season. But one night he is visited by three Christmas Spirits who take him on a journey through time, so he can see the error of his ways and learn the true meaning of Christmas. This is Charles Dickens's joyful Christmas tale, retold in an entirely new way.

A Guinea Pig Nativity

A Guinea Pig Nativity
Author: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 57
Release: 2013-10-22
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1620405873

Bringing a wealth of joy and hilarity to the holiday season, this classic Christmas story is brought to life through adorable photographs of guinea pigs in the starring roles.

A Guinea Pig Night Before Christmas

A Guinea Pig Night Before Christmas
Author: Clement Clarke Moore
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2020-10-20
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 9781526613561

The latest heart-warming book in the Guinea Pig Classics series. ''Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse' But sit down by the fire with some chocolates to hand, And you'll be welcomed into a magical land. There is snow and some moonlight; St Nick in his sleigh; There are reindeer and elves, and guinea pigs! Hooray! This classic Christmas poem, now told by guinea pigs, Will surely delight all with their costumes and wigs. For nothing's more charming than a pig in a hat, Especially a Christmas one, that's just a fact.

A Guinea Pig Pride & Prejudice

A Guinea Pig Pride & Prejudice
Author: Jane Austen
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 31
Release: 2015-10-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1632862425

A charming retelling of Jane Austen’s classic love story about Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy, featuring the sweet, rotund little piglets who brought you A Guinea Pig Nativity.

A Guinea Pig Nutcracker

A Guinea Pig Nutcracker
Author: Alex Goodwin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2019-10-03
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9781526613325

The Nutcracker ballet, danced by guinea pigsAs the curtain rises, Clara is opening her presents under the Christmas tree. She falls in love with a present from her godfather Drosselmeyer: a wooden Nutcracker. When Clara falls asleep that night, she is swept up in a battle between the Nutcracker (who has become a handsome prince) and the terrible Mouse King. This leads to a magical trip into the realms of fantasy, a sweet-filled wonderland where the beautiful Sugarplum Fairy dances... This is the world famous ballet, as you've never seen it before.

A Guinea Pig's History of Biology

A Guinea Pig's History of Biology
Author: Jim Endersby
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 544
Release: 2007
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780674027138

"Endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved," Darwin famously concluded The Origin of Species, and for confirmation we look to...the guinea pig? How this curious creature and others as humble (and as fast-breeding) have helped unlock the mystery of inheritance is the unlikely story Jim Endersby tells in this book. Biology today promises everything from better foods or cures for common diseases to the alarming prospect of redesigning life itself. Looking at the organisms that have made all this possible gives us a new way of understanding how we got here--and perhaps of thinking about where we're going. Instead of a history of which great scientists had which great ideas, this story of passionflowers and hawkweeds, of zebra fish and viruses, offers a bird's (or rodent's) eye view of the work that makes science possible. Mixing the celebrities of genetics, like the fruit fly, with forgotten players such as the evening primrose, the book follows the unfolding history of biological inheritance from Aristotle's search for the "universal, absolute truth of fishiness" to the apparently absurd speculations of eighteenth-century natural philosophers to the spectacular findings of our day--which may prove to be the absurdities of tomorrow. The result is a quirky, enlightening, and thoroughly engaging perspective on the history of heredity and genetics, tracing the slow, uncertain path--complete with entertaining diversions and dead ends--that led us from the ancient world's understanding of inheritance to modern genetics.

A Guinea Pig Oliver Twist

A Guinea Pig Oliver Twist
Author: Alex Goodwin
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-10-04
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 9781632867087

From the roly-poly guinea pigs who brought you A Guinea Pig Nativity and A Guinea Pig Pride & Prejudicecomes this adorable adaptation of Dickens' beloved novel Oliver Twist! We’ve admired guinea pigs in bonnets edged with delicate lace and dapper top hats in A Guinea Pig Pride & Prejudice, swooning over the love between Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. We’ve oohed and ahhed over guinea pigs in the sweet, hay-filled manger in A Guinea Pig Nativity. Now, in A Guinea Pig Oliver Twist, we’ll delight in the adorable little pigs with expressive eyes dressed in the tattered rags of street urchins and orphans that roamed the streets in gritty 19th-century London. At only nine years old, Oliver Twist is transferred from an orphanage to a workhouse for adults. He is sold to an undertaker as an apprentice, and finally escapes to London, where he joins a gang of pickpocketing street urchins led by Fagin, an older criminal. But young Oliver isn't made for a life of crime, and is upset when his compatriots steal an elderly gentleman's handkerchief. Mr. Brownlow, the owner of the handkerchief, senses Oliver's true nature and takes him in, but the band of thieves won't let Oliver live a straight and narrow life; they kidnap him and drag him back into a life on the street. Forced to assist in a burglary, Oliver is shot and again taken in by the victims of the crime. One of the women, it turns out, is his aunt, and once Mr. Brownlow formally adopts Oliver, they all begin a blissful life in the country. This compact little book is illustrated by dozens of photographs of our favorite guinea pig actors and actresses.

The Tales of Olga Da Polga

The Tales of Olga Da Polga
Author: Michael Bond
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2001
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780192751300

The first in a series of books about the much-loved guinea-pig, Olga da Polga. Olga has a wild imagination, and from the minute she arrives at her new home, she begins entertaining all the other animals in the garden with her outrageous tales and stories - but she still has time to get up to all kinds of mischief and have lots of wonderful adventures too. * First in a series of books about Olga da Polga, being reissued to coincide with the publication of a brand new Olga da Polga book. * Best-selling author of 'Paddington Bear' books. * Illustrated throughout with enchanting black and white artwork. * Lively and humorous stories with a wonderful leading character.

A Guinea Pig Romeo and Juliet

A Guinea Pig Romeo and Juliet
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2017
Genre: Guinea pigs
ISBN: 140889064X

Born into the litters of two rival families, star-cross 'd lovers Romeo and Juliet fall tuft-over-paw for each other before learning that they are sworn enemies. O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo' ' squeaks Juliet from her balcony, before declarations of undying affection are made and a secret wedding is planned. But the path of true love does not run smooth, and Romeo soon finds himself banished from the city of Verona after playing his part in a fatal brawl with Juliet 's family. In a desperate attempt to scurry away together, they devise a plan fraught with danger that eventually leads to heart-break - Discover Shakespeare 's classic tale of romance and tragedy, retold in an entirely new way.

Pigs is Pigs

Pigs is Pigs
Author: Ellis Parker Butler
Publisher:
Total Pages: 72
Release: 1908
Genre: American fiction
ISBN: