What the pig did -- in Joseph Caldwell's charmingly Romantic tale of an American in contemporary Ireland -- is create a ruckus, a rumpus, a disturbance, utter pandemonium ... and finally the mystery of a possible criminal transgression that the beast roots up from a vegetable garden.

When George becomes bored of playing the same games, he and Peppa decide to dress like grown-ups and pretend to be Mummy and Daddy.

Unable to persuade a young pig from frolicking in the mud, her family finally joins her for a mud party.

When Big Bad catches a cold, he politely asks three little pigs for a tissue.

"Rosie is a little pig determined to learn how to ride a bike and see the world, no matter how many mishaps it takes for her to get there!"--

A little pig, frustrated by the limitations of his young age and small size, is encouraged to keep trying, growing, and learning until he meets his goals.

"Henry is ready to do what no pig has done before. "But pigs can't fly," says his sister, Henrietta. Nothing will stop Henry from trying, until it looks as though gravity might finally get the better of him. Fortunately, Henrietta has an idea that gives both of them a lift"--

At school, Olivia tells about her summer vacation and how, when she went to the circus and all the performers were out sick, she saved the day.

There's something strange about Walter Kopple's farm. At first it seems to be his grandson, who cruelly murders one of Walter's pigs in an act of seemingly senseless violence. But then the rumors begin—people in town whisper that Walter's grandson heard a voice that commanded him to kill. And that the voice belongs to a most peculiar creature: Walter's pig, Pearl. Walter is not sure what to believe. He knows that he's always been afraid of the strangely...