Flora, the farm pig, reminds me of another farm pig, Charlotte, in Charlotte’s Web.  Flora, however, is much more curious and adventurous.  She wants to see who and what’s out there in the big world.  She listens to what the cat and horse say, and practices techniques they use.  Through a series of mishaps, she ends up on board a ship bound for Antartica–she thinks she’s going to be trained as a sleddog, but the ship’s cook has other ideas.  She finds and aids friends, survives a crash and ends up in Antarctica, just what she wanted.  Through times that show her strength of character, her kindness and thoughtfulness, and sheer heroics, she becomes a sledpig and actually saves the expedition.  This is a beautiful story of someone seeking and making their own adventures while being a hero and a friend.  I would expect this book to become a classic.