SOLVED. Children's book where they move a dresser up a ridiculous amount of stairs to get to the house. [s]

[Ellen]

Children's book where movers (some sort of animals) move a dresser up a ridiculous amount of stairs to get to the house only to find the old lady owner says there is a driveway that goes right up to the back of the house. Read this in the 80's and seem to remember the characters looking similar to William Steig characters.

[Tab]

Ellen, do you remember if the animals wore clothes?
Part of a series?
Anything about the cover?
Time period/location story takes place?

[Mary]

Could it be one of the Sweet Pickles books? Those have anthropomorphic animals and I remember enjoying reading them in the 80s.

[Kris]

Sweet Pickles series by Jacquelyn Reinach & Richard Hefter - Mary's suggestion

[Ellen]

They did wear clothes. I think the cover was the daunting front steps up a giant hill to get to the house. It was not part of a series. I really remember the pictures looking like William Steig illustrations...but I've checked everything he illustrated and its not him.

[Kris]

Author & illustrator William Steig mentioned by Ellen, the original poster

[[deleted user]]

What kind of animal was the old lady?

Did the book rhyme, or was it in prose?

[Ayshe]

Chuck Lends a Paw by Robert M. Quackenbush?

[Ellen]

Thank you Ayshe!!!! It is Chuck Lends a Paw! This has been driving me crazy for months.

Ayshe wrote: "Chuck Lends a Paw by Robert M. Quackenbush?"

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Great book title.