The Unbelievable Top Secret Diary of Pig is the first book in award-winning children’s author Emer Stamp‘s hilarious, bestselling Diary of Pig series.
When we say children LOVED this book from day one, we really mean it. Pig appeals very directly to child readers – its humour is the humour of the playground. And the text is broken up with Emer’s own, very funny illustrations.
This is that book – the one that children really, really want to read.
The Top Secret Diary of Pig was immediately popular with the 7 to 10 year olds it’s intended for. It also proved hugely popular with reluctant readers of all ages. After all, what child isn’t enthralled by a farting pig?
It’s perhaps Pig’s unique voice that is Emer’s masterstroke. His grammar is, frankly, incorrect. Very incorrect. But children delight in his mistakes. Don’t all children love to be right?
Witty, pacey and perfectly pitched for early readers… your child won’t have seen anything like this before.
— Junior
Children and adults alike will be delighted by this brilliantly silly and surreal story.
— Booktrust
The jovial diary entries of Pig, and the sheer exuberance of both the telling and the imagination involved in the plot are on every page and are a sheer delight. I was not joking when I said that adults will take to this.
— The Bookbag
You can find Pig over at his own website – Diary of Pig – managed by Emer.
And a new colour edition is coming in spring 2023.
First published by Scholastic in 2013, Emer Stamp’s represented by James Catchpole at The Catchpole Agency.