Millie and the Mud Hole - Hardcover

Reddix, Valerie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688102123 ISBN 13: 9780688102128

Publisher: Lothrop Lee & Shepard, 1992

Synopsis

Millie the pig ignores the noisy warnings from the other farm animals that she is sinking too far into a mud hole, until it is almost too late

About this title

From Kirkus Reviews:

Millie, a pig, knows ``everything there was to know about mud.'' She loves it. Despite the increasingly urgent (and amusingly rhymed) warnings of her farmyard friends, she goes on sitting in a mudhole, pretending to be a lily pad or perhaps a cherry in a chocolate milk shake. At last, she sinks too deep to extricate herself and has to be rescued by all nine other animals pulling in a row with the pig keeper. Finally, like Russian folklore's turnip, she pops out, still fantasizing and unperturbed. The story, as silly as Millie herself, should amuse newly independent readers--who will also find that the simple language and the cumulative repetitions make reading a breeze. Wickstrom's lively action, broadly comical animal characters, and sunny colors add substantially to the attractions. (Young reader. 4-8) -- Copyright ©1992, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 2-3-- Millie the pig knows all there is to know about mud--or so she thinks. She slides into a mudhole, and sinks slowly down, ignoring each animal's warning that she will be stuck, until suddenly she needs rescuing in a hurry. Reddix writes with considerable verve; her rhymed prose begs to be read aloud, and the repetitive structure (``Silly Millie, come out, come out of that mud!'') invites audience participation. Wickstrom paints a series of plain and pleasant rustic scenes, dominated by a smug, corpulent porker and a farmyard cast bearing expressions of comic dismay. --John Peters, New York Public Library
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About this edition

• Publisher: Lothrop Lee & Shepard
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0688102123
• ISBN 13: 9780688102128
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Wickstrom Thor