Tales of Amanda Pig

by Jean Van Leeuwen, Ann Schweninger (Illustrator)

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Amanda Pig, her brother Oliver, and their parents share a busy day, working and playing together from breakfast to bedtime.

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A collection of different stories about Amanda Pig, her brother Oliver, and their parents, as they go about their busy day, working, playing, arguing, and imagining together. Amanda is the youngest member of the family, and is striving to prove she is big and brave enough to do the same things as her older brother.
A compilation of tales featuring Amanda the Pig. From tales of not wanting to go to bed to Amanda and her brother Oliver pretending to visit thier grandmother via their self-made plane.

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Jean Van Leeuwen was born in Rutherford, New Jersey on December 26, 1937. She received a bachelor's degree in journalism from Syracuse University. Before becoming a full-time author, she worked in the children's book department of a publisher. She is the author of more than 50 books including Timothy's Flower, Bound for Oregon, and the Oliver and show more Amanda series. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Author and illustrator of children's books Ann Schweninger was born in 1951, in Boulder, Colorado. She attended the University of Colorado, 1969-72 and the California Institute of the Arts where she received a B.F. A. in 1975. Ann received a Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Honor Book from the American Library Association in 2006, for Amanda Pig and the show more Really Hot Day, by Jean Van Leeuwen. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Canonical title
Tales of Amanda Pig
Original publication date
1983

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Children's Books
DDC/MDS
316Society, Government, and CultureStatisticsGeneral statistics of Africa
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PZ7 .V3273 .TLanguage and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresJuvenile belles lettres
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English, French, German
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Paper
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17
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