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This Christmas gift one of the stinkiest picture books around. Billy the pig: the stinkiest cowboy in town, written by Naty Osa and 

illustrated by Javier Dura. Billy the Pig won't take a bath and people are beginning to talk about how bad he smells. He is happy being a pig, 

he says, and pigs don't take baths.  Billy, however, wants to participate in the bee-roping competition at the local rodeo.  

Trouble ensues when he goes to register for the rodeo at the Town Hall. The mayor faints from the smell. Will Billy take a bath?  

Come on a happy adventure with Billy the Pig, Mama Bear, Larry the Lamb, and Flippy the Fly. Give Books! Kids love them! Available at 

Stinky Press website. Make your Christmas a stinky one!

Grandma's Lost Her Head December Realease Date

Grandma's Lost Her Head and its Spanish edition La Abuelita ha Perdido la Cabeza will be simultaneously realeased and available

for purchase through the Stinky Press website just in time for Christmas 2010! "Grandma's Lost Her Head, entertains, warms the

heart, and very subtly tells a tale of optimism and tenacity in the face of adversity. Lovingly told and brilliantly illustrated by her son,

Javier Dura, this is a wise tale that makes accessible to the reader the realities both of the frailties of the human body and the enduring

strength of familial affections." Gift Books! Kids love them! Accepting pre-orders now for both editions!

Naty Osa's latest book, Grandma's Lost Her Head, entertains, warms the heart, and very subtly tells a tale of

optimism and tenacity in the face of adversity. Lovingly told and brilliantly illustrated by her son, Javier Dura, this

is a wise tale that makes accessible to the reader the realities both of the frailties of the human body and the enduring

strength of familial affections. The story is loosely autobiographical, based on the author's mother's stroke and the family's

struggle to understand and accept the changes in their beloved mother and grandmother. Set against Dura's signature

fantastic,colorful and charming backgrounds, the story explores a child's range of emotions from incomprehension to

anger and leads him, and us, on a voyage of maturation, acceptance, and perseverance. This book faces head on the

fact that our lives are fragile yet precious and that while illness and loss are inevitable, memory and family ties can and do

survive, sometimes as here, with grace and aplomb. Grandma's Lost Her Head is a celebration, tender and humorous,

of family, imperfect but grand. It's a must-read for children whose families may be facing difficult physical or mental health issues.

 

Read Review of Billy the Pig: the stinkiest cowboy in town!!

Take a whiff of Chico author's new children's book!
"'Billy, you pig!' Mama Bear slammed her hand on the table. Flippy the Fly jumped up from behind Billy's ear
mumbling '¿Que pasa?' Larry the Lamb barely stirred on his blanket by the fire. They all lived together in a
cave on the banks of the Wannarana Creek." Billy is making a racket with the silverware. He's drooling. And
he stinks. Says Mama Bear: "If that pig doesn't take a bath soon, someone's going to pass out from the smell."
Therein lies a tale and it's told in "Billy the Pig: The Stinkiest Cowboy in Town" ($14.95 in hardcover from
Stinky Press Publishing, www.stinkypress.com) by Chicoan Natividad (Naty) Osa. The delightfully whimsical
full-page color illustrations are provided by Osa's son, Javier Durá. Copies are available through the Web site
or locally from Lyon Books and Avenue 9 Gallery in Chico; Back at the Ranch in Paradise; and Discover Earth in
Red Bluff.
The story passes this reviewer's smell test for witty wording and nonsensical fun. One day in Happy Holler Billy
buys a Durian, the stinkiest fruit there is, from his friend Monk the Monkey at Monk's Fruits and Veggies. The
rodeo is coming up and Billy has a hankering to do some bee roping. Monk is in a quandary. He "knows people don't
want Billy participating in the rodeo unless he takes a bath. He had heard that Mrs. Robinson fainted dead away
from the smell when she was standing in line behind Billy at the Pony Espresso Cafe. He wanted to talk to him
about it, but how do you tell your friend people think he stinks?"
Quickly, though, Billy, Larry, and Flippy are soon off to Warthog Harry's Saloon and Malt Shop for a little lunch
when they are confronted by Fleevil, "the notorious gunslinger and all-around bad apple" who challenges Billy to a
duel outside. "Billy was out in the street before you could say in a pig's eye." The swine flew into action.
"Billy's right hand flew to his side and fired off the first banana. It stuck to Fleevil's forehead like a horn."
Turns out this pig's got talent. Will he be able to rope bees? Will he take a bath?
"Billy the Pig" brings home the bacon.