My Guinea Pig By Laura

Once upon a time, my sister (LPS) made this book. I think it really speaks to the love we had for our Guineas. I also have to say, LPS was pretty insightful, even as a small child. I mean look at this passage...










(My guinea pig stays still, but when you go close to him, he runs away.)

I'd say this gives you a good idea of what the book entails... Though there were a few pages devoted to my dad kicking a cat over the fence. Just a side story. Anyway I think she could draw a great Guinea -- who knew she would be a math major with skillz like these! Shout out to LPS!

I Completely Know About Guinea Pigs

This is an adorable kids book about Charlie and Lola and a Guinea named Bert. I have already bought this at least twice for various kids in hopes of spreading my Guinea Pig Agenda. I purchased mine from here.

The Guinea Between the Worlds

I found this little pocket mirror on Etsy today, made by parsnip & pear. Not only is it adorable, but it depicts a scene from one of my favorite stories, The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis (the first in The Chronicles of Narnia). The illustrations in this copy of this book are by Pauline Baynes.

You may recall that in the story, the EVIL Uncle Andrew used cute, sweet, innocent little Guinea's to test his magic rings. As Uncle Andrew put it: "My earlier experiments were all failures. I tried them on guinea-pigs. Some of them only died. Some exploded like little bombs--."

What!! Creep.

Then later Polly and Digory (the guinea lovin' good guys) are in 'The Wood Between the Worlds' (you'll just have to read it if you have no idea what I'm talking about): "Why! it's a guinea-pig," said the girl [Polly]. And it was--a fat guinea-pig nosing about in the grass. But round the middle of the guinea-pig there ran a tape, and, tied on to it by the tape, was a bright yellow ring."

This is the scene depicted in the image at the top.

Thankfully, Polly and Digory decide to leave the GP to eat grass in 'The Wood Between the Worlds' for all eternity, rather than take it back to HORRIBLE Uncle Andrew. A happy ending!! Well actually there's more to the story (the Guinea part is pretty small), but it is a happy ending in regards to Guinea Culture anyway. This book is for a younger audience, but is a classic. If you haven't read it and love The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, you have to read this -- it explains how the wardrobe came about and who the professor is, among other things... and even better... there is at least one cute G to be found within its pages.

About Guinea Pigs

"Dear Friend:
Suppose I came to you..........sat facing you........and made you this proposition:--

To furnish you with an animal which is one of the fastest breeders and money makers known.

An animal less harmful than our cats and dogs or any other pets you may have.

An animal which has greater commercial demand than all other pet animals combined.

An animal that gives his life blood that you and I and other humans may live.

An animal from which more can be made during your spare time than you now earn all week.

An animal which could eventually make you independent of all other labor. You would undoubtedly say. "Show me."

----------------- THAT'S JUST WHAT I'LL DO -----------------"

Ok, I will stop there. This books knows what's up -- Guineas are the S. Too bad the whole point of this book is raising GPs to sell to laboratories, that part is not the S. Anyway, it is a pretty hilarious piece of history. You pick it up thinking that it will be a book on Guinea care. Instead it claims you can pay your way through college by selling Guineas. Hmm, my only problem would be that I would want to KEEP all the Guineas. Anyway, shout out to Kelly, for finding this little gem of Guinea Culture.

Guinea Lit: Barron's Guinea Pigs

I just received this ADORABLE book from my friends Katie and Jen. I mean look at that Fuzz Face! Besides the superfreakingcute GP pictures, there are some great ideas on making GP habitats and toys. I am not sure where they picked it up, but the publisher's site is here.