One of Robert Newton Peck's books, A Day No Pigs Would Die, is what I think a really good book. It is about a twelve year Shaker boy who has helped a cow have her calf and is rewarded a young pig. It takes place in the 1930's when Calvin Coolidge was president in the town of Learning, Vermont.Robert and his pig, Pinky, are growing up together. He takes Pinky to Rutland Fair and Pinky wins best behaved pig. Robert's father's cousin was their neighbor's maid. She comitted suicide. Fall comes, apples are bad, and Robert's father can't shoot a deer. Robert's father is on the verge of dying.They try to breed Pinky several times, but no babies. Robert's father lives through the winter and dies in the spring. After the night they bury him, Robert says goodnight to his father. Erica