Lady Muck by William Mayne (1997, Hardcover)

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Référence Publishers

0395752817

9780395752814

146211

Lady Muck

32 Pages

English

Animals / Pigs, General, Social Themes / General (See Also Headings under Family)

1997

Yes, Heale, Jonathan

Juvenile Fiction

William Mayne

Hardcover

0.4 in

13.9 Oz

8.5 in

10.3 in

Juvenile Audience

95-014009

21

Mayne is at his fanciful best in telling this story of two very droll pigs, with very human aspirations . . . . The whimsical humor and the rich new sounds make it immediately appealing to those who love to play with invented words and odd endings.

Kindergarten

Third Grade

823.9/14

A pig named Boark finds a valuable cache of truffles! He and his wife revel in their good fortune and head to town to buy a grand coach for Sowk to ride in. It's a long walk, and the mouthwatering truffles smell so good in Sowk's basket. First one truffle and then another disappears into Sowk's mouth. "They didn't travelly too goody," she tells Boark. He sells the one remaining truffle to buy a wheelbarrow in which to push his Lady Muck home. Celebrated author William Mayne has created a wonderful tale of two greedy pigs. Lady Muck is a splendid comic romp graced by Jonathan Heale's rich woodcuts.

PZ7.M4736Lad 1997