Small Pig ( I Can Read) by Arnold Lobel - 1969

New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row Publishers, 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Arnold Lobel. Matte covers. LCCN: 69-10213. May have been issued without dust jacket. No indication of printing. An I Can Read Book. Clean and tight. Very gently read or unread. Attractive cover panels. Only light indications of wear on two corner tips and gentle spine tail bumps.. Synopsis: A small pig loves to sink into his mud hole on his farm. The farmer's wife starts to clean her house and moves in a cleaning frenzy to the stable, barn, and finally his beloved mud hole. Angry, the small pig runs away looking for another mud hole. He plops in a swamp but is bothered by a turtle, snake, frog, and a dragonfly. Next, he trots to the junkyard and ties out the sofa - comfy but not as soft as the mud hole. On to a dirty city, he travels. Surely, where there is dirt; there is mud. Finally, he spots what appears to be mud and settles into the oozy pile. Meanwhile the farmer and his wife are asking everybody if they have seen the small pig. When they find him, the trick is to remove him from his abode.