{"id":1373,"date":"2017-09-08T15:36:01","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T20:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/mammals\/?p=1373"},"modified":"2025-07-24T16:39:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T21:39:54","slug":"guinea-pig-romeo-juliet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/mammals\/guinea-pig-romeo-juliet\/","title":{"rendered":"A Guinea Pig Romeo & Juliet"},"content":{"rendered":"

After reading \u201cA Guinea Pig Romeo & Juliet,\u201d<\/a> you\u2019ll forever get a furry, cute feeling when you think of it. That\u2019s because of the Guinea Pig Classics treatment. That\u2019s right, Bloomsbury Publishing is back with a new addition to its Guinea Pig Classics<\/a> series. Author Alex Goodwin adapts the classic Shakespeare story to give it a guinea pig twist. Photography by set and fashion designer Tess Newall provides images that capture your heart. The book was released this week in the United Kingdom, and it\u2019s already on the way to being a classic of its own. The U.S. release is set for October 3.<\/p>\n

\u201cA Guinea Pig Romeo & Juliet\u201d pairs up the team of Goodwin and Newall for this fourth guinea pig adventure. Their previous books include \u201cA Guinea Pig Nativity,\u201d<\/a> \u201cA Guinea Pig Pride & Prejudice,\u201d<\/a> and \u201cA Guinea Pig Oliver Twist.\u201d That\u2019s quite a breadth of genres. Romeo and Juliet is the first dip into a classic tragedy. Does Goodwin alter the ending at all? The answer lies in the book!<\/p>\n

Classic Stories Handled With Class, And Guinea Pigs!<\/h2>\n

Books in Bloomsbury\u2019s Guinea Pig Classics series are crafted with care and scrupulous attention to detail. These hardbacks feature thick paper stock, classy illustrations, and playful accent images to showcase the guinea pig photos. The guinea pig photos are the true stars. Whether the scenes are elaborate or simple, the costumed guinea pigs and their settings offer much to admire. Goodwin is adept at paring stories down to the basics and creating a swiftly paced, charming, and witty read. Just imagine snuggling down with your guinea pigs while you both enjoy a treat or two, and enjoying this new classic.<\/p>\n

Who are the guinea pig stars? A cast of characters is included. And you can meet one of them online. Oscar the guinea pig of Oh My Guinea<\/a> \u00a0fame plays the Prince of Verona.<\/p>\n

Helping Guinea Pigs<\/h2>\n

The books in the Guinea Pig Classics series aren\u2019t only about bringing a guinea pig slant to literature. On a more serious side, they remind people at the end that guinea pigs and other small mammals get abandoned, and that rescue centers need help.<\/p>\n

The 64-page book is available at various booksellers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What is “A Guinea Pig Romeo & Juliet”? Only your next must-read book. In only 64 pages of brilliant text, you’ll experience Shakespeare’s classic as never before, with adorable guinea pigs in amazing costumes and sets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-guinea-pig-fun"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/mammals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/mammals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/mammals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/mammals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/mammals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1373"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/mammals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4173,"href":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/mammals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1373\/revisions\/4173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/mammals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/mammals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/mammals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}