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Pinky's New Friend

by Bridget Jardine

20 pages; Saddle stitched; illustrated children's book; full color; catalogue #06-2446; ISBN 1-4251-0688-9; US$10.96, C$10.96, EUR7.49, £5.66

Discover what happens when a young boy goes to stay with his grandfather and is introduced to an accident-prone guinea-pig called Pinky. An unexpected surprise awaits on Christmas Day morning.

About the Book

Pinky's New Friend tells the story of how a young boy, called Jeremy, spends a Christmas holiday with his Grandfather and befriends a guinea-pig. The old man, who owns the pet, is no longer able to pay the Guinea-pig much attention, so Pinky welcomes the chance to be taken out of his cage and played with during Jeremy's visit.

The story goes on to describe the different adventures had by the two of them as they get to know one another. However, Pinky is rather prone to accidents and has an unfortunate mishap during one of their games, in which he falls into a stream and is carried away from Jeremy by the current. The story goes on to describe the rather ingenious way Pinky is eventually saved from disaster. Jeremy finds a discarded boot amongst the long grass and upon throwing it into the water, coaxes the frightened guinea-pig to climb into it, therefore bobbing safely to the bank of the stream.

The two wet and bedraggled friends arrive back at Grandfather's house where they are greeted by a very unimpressed Grandfather!

Once Christmas Day arrives, Jeremy receives a very special and unexpected gift from his Grandfather... Pinky.

He realizes that the Guinea-pig would be better off living with Jeremy where he would get the care and attention he deserves. Jeremy is, of course, delighted with the prospect of taking Pinky home with him and promises to visit Grandfather again soon.

Other books in this series:
Pinky and the Runaway Lawnmower
Pinky Gets Lost

About the Author

Bridget Jardine lives in Bermuda, but was born in Kent, England and trained as a teacher at Christ Church College, Canterbury.

Teaching had always been her first choice as a career, and once qualified she had little doubt that she had made the right decision.

She has always enjoyed music and found that the guitar and piano proved to be extremely advantageous tools when teaching primary and junior school children.

Prior to teacher training, Bridget had been a member of a choir which competed in many international and local competitions and once at college she sang at the campus Folk Club.

Whilst choosing to major in Art, her preferred medium was oil paint and her focus was predominantly landscapes. Therefore, she willingly acknowledges that it was quite challenging once she embarked upon creating water colour illustrations for her Pinky stories which include a variety of animals and people.

Bridget Jardine's career has spanned 27 years, during which time she took breaks to be at home with her two children while they were young and later kept her hours flexible by substituting in some local schools, but returned to full time teaching once they were older.

She frequently visits the UK throughout the year, and she and her husband spend time in Scotland which they enjoy and where they own a small property.

Animals have always featured prominently in Bridget Jardine's life and she finds it difficult to imagine a home devoid of pets. It was, in fact, one of these pets, a guinea-pig named Pinky which, together with a fictitious young boy, featured as the main characters in a college assignment, Pinky's new Friend, which later evolved into a series of short stories and she recommends that this is first in the series to be read., after which the stories can be chosen at random.

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