No mud! Small Pig loves to sit in good, soft mud. When the
farmer''s wife cleans his pigpen, Small Pig runs away. In the city
he finds a new mud puddle, but it is not full of mud at all. And
now Small Pig has one big problem!
關於作者:
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, to Lucille Stark and
Joseph Lobel, but was raised in Schenectady, New York. When he
graduated from art school, he married Anita Kempler, who would also
achieve fame as a children''s book author and illustrator, and they
moved to New York City. He had two children: a daughter, Adrianne,
who is married to actor Mark Linn-Baker; a son, Adam; and three
grandchildren.
In 2009, Adrianne Lobel started releasing some of her father''s
archive material in the form of new books, with added watercolors
by herself. The Frogs and Toads All Sang was released in May 2009,
and Odd Owls and Stout Pigs was released in October of 2009.