Maya's grandfather brings her, from Alaska, a huge, pink pig named Julius, and together the two of them learn about friendship, affection, and sharing.

 

This book has been graded for interest at 4-6 years.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 1998 by Hachette Children's Group .

Angela Johnson was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, but raised in Windham, Ohio; the only girl in a family of five. She now lives in Northeastern Ohio in a hundred year old house full of plants. When not writing she travels. On one of her trips to the California desert the inspiration for her first novel, Toning the Sweep came about. Dav Pilkey is the talented author of this hugely popular series. He created the first Captain Underpants stories as comic books when he was still at elementary school!