Ace: The Very Important Pig (1990)

by Dick King-Smith

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A simple, nice enough, coming of age story about a pig who is born understanding human language in a world where all animals---at least those that live on a farm---are able to understand each other. The animals all behave physically as animals. I just wonder if the primary reason for writing the book was that the author had written Babe; allusions to it are made. (

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Ace: The Very Important Pig

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1990

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Ace of Clubs

Farmer Tubbs

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A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book (1991)

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"Well, I never! Did you ever?" said Farmer Tubbs.

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Meet Ace, Babe's great-grandson, who also gets a new cover from Knopf Paperbacks this season. "
A Horn Book Fanfare Honor Book
An IRA/CBC Children's Choice
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year.

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Farmer Tubbs' amazing pig, Ace of Clubs, eventually winds up on television for his cleverness.

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