Meet Jasmine Green — an aspiring veterinarian who adores animals! Can her kindness and know-how save a piglet in trouble in this delightful series debut? Jasmine Green loves animals. Her mother is a veterinarian. Her father is a farmer. And her brother and sister are . . . well, they’re mostly annoying. But being in the Green family means seeing and taking care of animals all the time. While helping her mom on a house call, Jasmine visits a new litter of piglets and discovers a forgotten runt hidden underneath its brothers and sisters. Poor little piglet. It is so tiny that it can’t even drink! Its owner refuses to rescue it. So it is up to Jasmine to save the pig . . . secretly. What will happen if anyone finds out? Author Helen Peters and illustrator Ellie Snowdon introduce the irresistible pair of clever, caring Jasmine and lovable Truffle, while capturing the beauty and bustle of a family farm. A kind of James Herriot for a new generation, this first book in the Jasmine Green series is for anyone who loves helping animals. Jasmine's sparkling personality, no-nonsense resourcefulness, and fiery commitment to wildlife make her a compelling heroine. The well-paced plot intertwined with unusual facts about animals and farms makes for a page-turning read. —Kirkus Reviews Simply written, immediately engaging, and grounded in realistic details, the narrative will be highly satisfying for kids who love animals. Many detailed, appealing line drawings illustrate the story...The second volume in the Jasmine Green Rescues series, A Duckling Called Button, will be published here simultaneously. A promising start for this accessible chapter-book series. —Booklist Online The delightfully adventurous Jasmine Green series makes its Stateside debut with the adorable A Piglet Called Truffle...Enhancing Helen Peters's farm adventures with whimsical illustrations, Ellie Snowdon charms with delightful black-and-white, penciled glimpses of pastoral fields, cozy kitchens and two- and four-legged friends. —Shelf Awareness for Readers Helen Peters is the author of numerous books for young readers that feature heroic girls on farms saving the day. She grew up on an old-fashioned farm in England, surrounded by family, animals, and mud. Helen Peters lives in London. Ellie Snowdon is a children’s author-illustrator from a tiny village in South Wales. She has a master’s in children’s book illustration from Cambridge School of Art. Ellie Snowdon lives in Cambridge, England. 1 You Poor Little Thing Jasmine was lying on her bed with her cats, reading her favorite magazine, Practical Pigs . It was a Friday afternoon in late November, and Jasmine, absorbed in an interesting article about rare breeds, was completely happy. “Jasmine!” called her mom up the stairs. “I have to go to a calving at Carter’s. Do you want to come?” Jasmine swung her feet to the floor. Mr. Carter was a grumpy old farmer with a permanent scowl on his face, but he kept pigs, and that was reason enough to visit his farm. Jasmine’s dad was a farmer, too, and he kept plenty of calves. But, despite Jasmine’s constant pleading, there were no pigs at Oak Tree Farm. “I’ll be back soon,” Jasmine murmured to the cats, stroking the tops of their heads. “Have a lovely sleep.” Marmite purred as Jasmine stroked her thick black fur. Toffee lay curled up on a blanket at the end of the bed, and didn’t open his eyes as Jasmine left the room. Jasmine’s mom, Nadia, was standing at the bottom of the stairs in her coat and boots, jingling her keys like she always did when she was impatient. “Come on, Jas. Grab your coat, I need to go.” As a farm vet, Mom often got called out at inconvenient times. Jasmine sometimes thought farmers purposely waited until mealtimes to make their emergency phone calls to the vet. Jasmine pulled her muddy waterproof jacket from its hook by the Aga stove in the kitchen. Her older sister, Ella, sat at the kitchen table, frowning over a textbook. The table was covered with schoolbooks and files and scraps of paper and pens. “We shouldn’t be too long,” Mom said to Ella. “I’ve put some baked potatoes in the Aga.” “Uh-huh,” said Ella vaguely. She didn’t look up from her books. Jasmine and Mom walked out into the front garden, past the kennel where Bramble, the old springer spaniel, lived. The kennel always made Jasmine sad these days. Until last month, there had been two dogs living there. But Bramble’s sister, Bracken, had died of old age a month ago, and now Bramble was on her own. It must be so strange and lonely for her, Jasmine thought. At the moment, the kennel was empty. Bramble was out in the fields with Jasmine’s dad. Mom opened the gate. “Manu, Ben, I’m going out on a call,” she hollered into the tangle of bushes at the edge of the farmyard. There was a rustling noise, and two mud-smeared faces poked out through the damp twigs. One belonged to Jasmine’s five-year-old brother, Manu, and the other to his best friend, Ben