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  • Published: 15 October 2024
  • ISBN: 9781761340024
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $16.99

Nanny Piggins and the Origin Story




Charming, funny and absurdly good - find out where it all began in the prequel to The Adventures of Nanny Piggins.

PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THE GREATEST STORY ABOUT A FARMYARD ANIMAL EVER TOLD.

When Mother Piggins leaves the family sty for a job on a yacht, the Piggins piglets are faced with two options: fend for themselves . . . or become bacon sandwiches.

Luckily, Sarah Piggins is no ordinary piglet.

An amazing lemon meringue pie makes Sarah the most sought-after baker in the region, and their future is looking up. But when her no-good siblings sell all the cakes to visit the local circus without her, Sarah is forced to use all her agility and cunning to punish them. Her spectacular feat captures the eye of the world’s most despicable ringmaster, and Sarah’s fate – and that of the circus crew – is changed forever . . .

Discover the side-splitting story that inspired a phenomenon with the prequel to The Adventures of Nanny Piggins. Hear Nanny Piggins’ stories, and more, on the hit podcast with over 5 million downloads Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt.

  • Published: 15 October 2024
  • ISBN: 9781761340024
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $16.99

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About the author

R.A. Spratt

R.A. Spratt was born in the UK and lived in Dursley, Gloucestershire – a town immortalised by Harry Potter’s deeply unpleasant relatives – until she was two years old. Then, like many ambitious English people cursed with regional accents so strong no other British person can take them seriously, her family moved to Australia.

The tedium of growing up in the western suburbs of Sydney was fertiliser to the growth of R.A.’s imagination. The only thing for a kid to do was get on a bicycle and go to the library, so R.A. Spratt did just that. Once there, she read everything, devouring the books of Arthur Ransome, Enid Blyton, Roald Dahl, Robin Klein and Judy Blume, and audiotapes of Shakespeare productions and Sherlock Holmes dramatisations. And so, her young mind was formed, and set on the path of becoming the extraordinary author she is today.

Now based in Bowral NSW, she's the bestselling writer of dozens of absurd and witty books including Friday Barnes, The Adventures of Nanny Piggins, The Peski Kids and the Shockingly and Astonishingly Good Stories collections. Her podcast, Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt, has had over 5 million downloads and connects R.A. with story-lovers across the globe.

For more information, visit raspratt.com

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