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The Mellops Strike Oil
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The Mellops Strike Oil Hardcover - 2011

by Tomi Ungerer

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After discovering oil while picnicking in the country, the Mellops pig family sets up an oil drilling rig that produces more trouble than oil. Illustrations.

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Phaidon Press. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp.
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  • Title The Mellops Strike Oil
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Phaidon Press, U.S.A.
  • Date 2011
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G07B-02656
  • ISBN 9780714862491 / 0714862495
  • Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.1 x 9.6 x 0.3 in (20.57 x 24.38 x 0.76 cm)
  • Ages 04 to 06 years
  • Grade levels P - 1
  • Library of Congress subjects Swine
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011456886
  • Dewey Decimal Code E

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From the rear cover

The Mellops are no ordinary family of pigs, so it's not surprising that their summer bike trip turns into a full-fledged adventure. While picnicking in a quiet spot the Mellops find evidence that there may be oil beneath the earth's surface. Of course there is, and the Mellops set up a rig as quickly as possible. It all seems so simple, but little do they know that danger is just around the bend.

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Citations

  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2012, Page 47

About the author

Tomi Ungerer, born in Strasbourg in 1931, landed in New York in 1956 with $60 in his pocket and with a suitcase full of drawings. Overnight he became a star as a caricaturist, illustrator and children's book author and published more than 80 books in ten years. As a graphic artist he created advertising campaigns for Willy Brandt and The New York Times. In 1998, Tomi Ungerer was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Award for illustration and has become an internationally renowned artist. He now divides his time between Strasbourg and Ireland.