Treated with the tenacity, resourcefulness, and narrative instinct of a seasoned foreign correspondent, the investigation yielded unexpected answers-and posed tantalizing new questions. Nationally syndicated journalist Georgie Anne Geyer explores the connections between the royal and sacred felines of ancient civilizations and the beloved domestic cats of today.Ĭhasing an irresistible mystery across the globe, journalist Georgie Anne Geyer conducted exhaustive research into the little-known puzzle of how cats came to occupy their unique position in the lives of humans.

Together with Zebra and Goat, they confront the strange and wonderful world around them, a place that looks suspiciously like our own.īy turns thoughtful and subversive, silly and sophisticated, This Little Piggy Stayed Home is one of the funniest comic collections out there. By contrast, Pig is sensitive, kind, and-even on his best days-just plain stupid.

Rat is your typical Every Rodent: scheming, self-centered, and more than occasionally manipulative.

This Little Piggy Stayed Home continues the adventures of Rat and Pig, two characters who couldn't be more different-or more surprising. After only a few years of syndication, it appears in more than 150 newspapers worldwide, was nominated as Best Newspaper Comic Strip by the National Cartoonists Society in its debut year-an unprecedented achievement-and its first book collection, Pearls Before Swine, has sold through four printings. Pearls Before Swine is an impressive comic strip success story. The National Cartoonists Society nominated Pearls Before Swine as one of the best comic strips of 2002.

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