The Pig That Is Not a Pig/El cerdo que no es cerdo

 Retana's first children's book The Pig That Is Not a Pig/El cerdo que no es cerdo is an accurate story about the life of the wild javalina... The information that children can gather about the life and ways of these javalinas, both as adults and young piglings, is interesting and factual...The pen and ink illustrations by Marian Weaver are delighful... Young readers will enjoy searching the pages for other desert critters and delight in the night scenes where javalinas scare domestic animals... I would recommend this book to any elementary teacher who wants to expand his or her library offerings in the area of science or animals of the Southwest deserts.
Margarita González-Jensen, Ed.D
Associate Professor, School of Education
Arizona State University, West Campus
-and book reviewer for Multicultural Review

Written by María Luisa Retana
Illustrated by Marian Weaver
81/2 X 11 inches, 32 pages.
Soft cover, 3 color cover
with pen and black ink illustrations
Ages: 5-10
ISBN 0-9652920-8-8
Price $7.95
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