num_pages: 40
description: "He's a porker with passion,a dancing fool, a pig with rhythm- this breaks every rule,"said the normally reticent mule.Now in paperback, Dumpy La Rue, a story of a pig who knew what he wanted to do.Elizabeth Winthrop's romping, rhyming story and Betsy Lewin's exuberant illustrations will have readers tapping their toes, jumping for joy, and dancing a jig with this passionate pig as they follow him and the barnyard animals from farm to fame.Dumpy La Rue is a 2001 New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year.
language: English
title: Dumpy La Rue
titlecomplete: Dumpy La Rue
genres: Fiction, Storytime, Animals, Picture Books, Childrens, Fantasy
ratings_count: 145
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Primary
publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)