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Great Big Guinea Pigs.


Susan L. Roth

Bloomsbury

175-5th Avenue, New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 NY 10020

During a bedtime story bedtime story
n.
A story that is read or told to a child just before bedtime.
 a little guinea pig guinea pig (gĭn`ē), domesticated form of the cavy, Cavia porcellus, a South American rodent. It is unrelated to the pig; the name may refer to its shrill squeal.  learns the truth about his very big ancestors: pigs which were as big as buffalo and weighed almost a ton. They also walked upright and were too heavy to run. How did they evolve into today's small guinea pigs? A parent has a canny answer for everything in this zany tale.
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Publication:Children's Bookwatch
Date:Nov 1, 2006
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