Introduces the intelligence, great sense of smell, and digging skills of pigs, and explains that pigs can be trained not only to find truffles but also to locate dangerous land mines.

Bees have long been known as helpful insects, but in recent years this helpfulness has grown to a new level. They still help plants grow, including food crops. Yet people have discovered that bees and their relatives can be used as animal detectives, too. Bees have been trained to detect land mines and even bedbugs. Age-appropriate vocabulary in English and standard Latin American Spanish support new and emerging readers in both languages.

Introduces police dogs and the K-9 units to which they belong, describes their training, and explains the many important jobs they do.

Many beagles and other scent-driven canines have been used successfully to sniff out bombs, drugs, and lost people, too. Today they are even used to help the many people who have had to fight the rising problem of bedbug infestation. Age-appropriate bilingual text explores the life, training, and work of these bedbug-sniffing dogs.

Introduces bottlenose dolphins, describes how they are trained, and explains that the United States Navy and the Marine Corps have trained dolphins to find explosive mines and enemy swimmers in the water.

Introduces detection rats, most of which are African pouched rats, the largest rat in the world, and explains that rats can be trained to find land mines and dangerous diseases.

Pigs have the unfortunate reputation of being overweight layabouts who spend their days in mud puddles. In reality, pigs are very intelligent animals who use their incredible sense of smell to help people. In fact, pigs have been put to work for centuries sniffing out truffles, and today they are also used to sniff out bombs and drugs. The many contributions of these sleuthing swine are covered in this fact-filled book that provides early readers with valuable information and tools for building vocabulary.

The barnyard animals decide to escape the cold winter by vacationing in sunny Florida.

Welcome to the wonderful world of pigs! Pigology is filled with incredible pig facts told in a playful tone by Daisy Bird, with irresistibly charming illustrations by rising star Camilla Pintonato. Pigs are full of unexpected surprises. Did you know that when a pig is happy, it will uncoil its curly tail and wag it just like a dog? Or that feral hogs can detect odors from seven miles away? Pigology/i> delves into the history of pigs, pig breeds around the world, famous pigs, pigs in culture, and so much more, with engaging scenes from illustrator Camilla Pintonato. This lively visual encyclopedia, a follow-up to Chickenology, offers something to discover for everyone young and old: nature- and animal-loving young readers, pig enthusiasts, pig farmers, and pet pig owners alike!

Blandings is now a major BBC One television series starring Jennifer Saunders and Timothy Spall. Can the Empress of Blandings win the Fat Pigs class at the Shropshire Show for the third year running? Galahad Threepwood, Beach the butler and others have put their shirt on this, and for Lord Emsworth it will be paradise on earth. But a substantial obstacle lurks in the way: Queen of Matchingham, the new sow of Sir Gregory Parsloe Bart. Galahad knows this pretender to the crown must be pignapped. But can the Empress in turn avoid a similar fate? In this classic Blandings novel, pigs rise above their bulk to vanish and reappear in the most unlikely places, while young lovers are crossed and recrossed in every room in Blandings Castle.