Bibliograph

Dumpy La Rue, Elizabeth Winthrop ; illustrated by Betsy Lewin

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Label

Dumpy La Rue, Elizabeth Winthrop ; illustrated by Betsy Lewin

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

AD560L, Lexile

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Dumpy La Rue

resource.readingGradeLevel

Preschool

Responsibility statement

Elizabeth Winthrop ; illustrated by Betsy Lewin

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, LG, 3.1, 0.5, 48699

Summary

Despite all sorts of well-intentioned advice to discourage him ("'Pigs don't dance,' said his mother. 'They bellow, they swallow, they learn how to wallow'"), Dumpy can't ignore the tantalizing beat he hears in his head: "He twirled in the sty, raised his snout to the sky, spread his hooves far and wide, and pretended to fly." Not surprisingly, an at-first-reluctant barnyard audience begins to catch on, first the sheep--"'We want to dance too,' cried the sheep. 'It looks like fun. Why should he be the only one?'"--then even, eventually, Poppa Pig himself.

Target audience

juvenile

Classification

Contributor