Alice's Birthday Pig; Alice's World Record

These two Alice books are perfect family stories for confident young readers. In Alice's Birthday Pig 7-year-old Alice is teased by older brother Oliver because she pronounces 'animal' as 'animal'. When Alice decides to avoid saying the word altogether, she is mortified to learn that her class project is to be 'Farm Animals'. On the school visit to a farm Alice falls in love with a pig with a limp and decides she wants it as a pet but in the end has to settle for one of the traditional 'Guinea' variety - naming it 'Animal'! Alice's World Record is the more satisfying of the two books, dealing with the common domestic problems of long car journeys, family favouritism and losing gracefully. Both stories are illustrated with lively line drawings.