Dumpy La Rue by Elizabeth Winthrop

Dumpy La Rue by Elizabeth Winthrop

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.

Elizabeth Winthrop is the author of nearly sixty books for children and adults. The Castle in the Attic, Dumpy La Rue, drawn by Betsy Lewin, and Shoes, illustrated by William Joyce are among her award-winning children's books. Robert Stone chose her short story The Golden Darters for The Best American Short Stories. She wrote the memoir piece Don't Knock Unless You're Bleeding: Growing Up in Cold War Washington under the name Elizabeth Winthrop Alsop. She splits her time between New York City and the Berkshires, as the daughter of political journalist Stewart Alsop. Elizabeth Winthrop's website is www.elizabethwinthrop.com.