Speaking Volumes

Pigs have been getting a bad rap lately. The pork industry reports a major drop in sales due to the public's fear of catching ‘swine flu’ from eating pork. There is no evidence that you can get H1N1 from pork, but of course, that that hasn’t stopped people from worrying about it. Anyways, in light of all the bad press for piggies, I figured I would try to boost their reputation by suggesting some NICE pig stories!

Some of my very favorite picture books of all time feature pigs:

Don't worry...Gerald the Elephant DOESN'T have swine flu: 

Gotta love Olivia:

Max and Pinky! I just discovered these books - they are adorable: 

Little Oink hates to get dirty...poor Little Oink: 

Two twists on the classic story: 

This week the first reported case of a cat with H1NI hit the media:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091105/hl_time/08599193482600

Hopefully, no one panics, but if they do I’ll be back next week with some cute kitty stories!