Excerpt
Hog Crawl Creek flowed through a big green valley.
Smack-dab in the middle of that valley sat Hog Wallow Plantation.
In a muddy pen beside the creek, at the end of a narrow
winding dirt path, lived a pig named Pickaberry with her big brother,
Peanut Pig, and her mama and papa. Papa Pig farmed Hog Wallow Plantation
and grew Indian corn, sweet potatoes, iceberg lettuce, red cabbage, and
rutabagas.
Tomorrow was Pickaberry's first day of school. She felt
excited but also worried. She stood in front of the long mirror that hung
on her closet door. She stepped back until she could finally see allof
herself. She couldn't believe how big she had grown over the
summer!
About the Author
Thomas (Tom) Hoyt Davis, III, is a native of Vienna and
the oldest son of T. Hoyt and Mary Ann Davis. After graduating from high
school in 1964, he attended Georgia Southwestern for two years, then
transferred to the University of Georgia. He received his BA from Georgia
in 1968 and his masters degree from the University of Southern California
in 1978. In 1968 he entered the army as a private and in January 1992 was
promoted to colonel. He spent twenty-five years assigned to the Special
Forces (Green Berets) and saw combat with them in Vietnam. While assigned
to this elite unit, he served on four continents in ten foreign countries.
His short stories have been published in anthologies. Other books include:
What Would You Like on Your Mashed Potatoes?, The Long and the Short, and
The Patrol Order. He has been published in The Carolina Runner; Triathlon
Today; The Saturday Extra, the magazine portion of the Fayetteville, North
Carolina, newspaper; and Special Warfare, a professional military journal
published by the Special Warfare Center. Additionally, he has completed
his first action adventure novel tentatively entitled The
R-complex. About
the Illustrator
Becky Lee is a North Carolina native with family in
Missouri and Virginia. She is an award winning artist with works in
numerous collections throughout the South. She is a member of several arts
groups and has exhibited in group and individual shows. Her specialty is
portraits; however, she finds it rewarding to show emotion through
abstracts. Versatility keeps her work fresh and strong.
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