DUMPY LA RUE

A NEW YORK TIMES BEST ILLUSTRATED Book

Dumpy La Rue wanted to dance

"Pigs don't dance,"

said his mother.

"They bellow, they swallow,

they learn how to wallow.

But Dumpy La Rue

was a pig

who knew what he wanted to do.

He twirled in the sty,

raised his snout to the sky,

spread his hooves far and wide,

and pretended to fly.

The whole barnyard gathers around and in no time, hooves are stomping, wings are flapping, and feet are stamping out a beat. This romping, rhyming story combined with Betsy...