This little piggy didn't go to market – she bounced on trampoline at home

Scarlett, a Hungarian mangalitza pig, made headlines when it was revealed she loved bouncing on the trampoline.

Now she has got the starring role in Stephen Howell's first published book.

Scarlett the Pig is a story about the many adventures Stephen, 49, his daughter Alexandra, 14, and their pig Scarlett got up to over a two-year period.

Stephen, from Wem, bought a derelict farm in Cardeston, near Shrewsbury, in 2006 and transformed the premises to a pig farm, looking after 160 porkers.

However it was one special pig which captured the family's heart.Stephen said: "One day a little piglet strayed into our garden and started jumping on the trampoline.We taught her to turn the TV off and on and other tricks.

"The story I wrote covers how Scarlett got to go to many different places."

In 2009 Scarlett entertained judges of Britain's Got Talent at the audition stage in Birmingham. She starred in front of judges Simon Cowell, Piers Morgan and Amanda Holden at the NEC. She did not make the final but did go on to star on the Alan Titchmatch show, Sky TV Pet Nation, BBC show Be My Guest and Korean TV.

Stephen added: "Scarlett even went to Parliament, Buckingham Palace and No 10 for tea with David Cameron.

"The book has been available since June and 7,000 copies have been sold.

Scarlett is now eight and has grown to be a huge pig. She is living her retirement years at a farm in Anscroft with her boyfriend Del Boy."

The book is available on Kindle.