A delightful read-aloud, scarce in 1st prt. Pinkerton the pig always manages to be first until he rushes for a sandwich and it turns out not to be the edible kind (it is an actual Sand Witch). Hilarious tale about the pitfalls of pushiness.Pictorila boards, no DJ.

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Title: Me First (1ST PRT HARDBACK)
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
Publication Date: 1992
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0395587069
ISBN 13: 9780395587065
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Munsinger, Lynn
Edition: 1st Ed, 1st Prt
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ

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Pinkerton Pig, a pig who always insists on being first for everything, learns a lesson about selfishness when Sand Witch shows up at his Pig Scout troop picnic. By the author of Tacky the Penguin.

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Helen Lester and Lynn Munsinger have been together through thick and thin since first publishing The Wizard, the Fairy, and the Magic Chicken in 1983. They have collaborated on the hilarious Tacky the Penguin series and many other wildly funny and popular titles, including the award-winning Hooway for Wodney Wat. Helen Lester is a full-time writer who makes her home in New York, and Lynn Munsinger is a full-time illustrator living in Vermont.

LYNN MUNSINGER has illustrated more than ninety books for children. She graduated from Tufts University in Boston and the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, where she majored in illustration. She lives in Connecticut and Vermont.

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