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Because the farmer's wife insists on cleaning his mud puddle, a little pig runs away to the city where he becomes permanently stuck in what he thought was a mud puddle.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lobel, Arnold
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Harper & Row, 1988, c1969.
Edition:	1st Harper Trophy ed.
Series:	I can read book
Subjects:	Pigs > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	Because the farmer's wife insists on cleaning his mud puddle, a little pig runs away to the city where he becomes permanently stuck in what he thought was a mud puddle.
Item Description:	"A Harper Trophy book."
Physical Description:	63 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:	0064441202 (pbk.) 9780064441209 (pbk.)
Author Notes:	Arnold Stark Lobel (May 22, 1933-December 4, 1987) was a popular American author of children's books. Among his most popular books are those of the Frog and Toad series, and Mouse Soup, which won the Garden State Children's Book Award from the New Jersey Library Association. Lobel won the 1981 Caldecott Medal for his book, Fables. Lobel also illustrated the works of other authors. A notable example is Sam the Minuteman by Nathaniel Benchley, which was first published in 1969. He was born in Los Angeles, California. When he graduated from art school, he married Anita Kempler, who also achieved fame as a children's book author and illustrator. Lobel died ion December 4,1987 due to complications arising from AIDS. He was 54 years old. (Bowker Author Biography)