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Playful, fun-to-read-aloud language from a respected young adult poet and novelist joins distinctive illustrations from a noted European artist in this captivating picture book. Ten piglets wander off into the dark, drawn by the light of the moon. After rambling far from home, plundering and looting and dancing in a moonlit trance, they attract the attention of a prowling fox. They howl for their mama, an enormous sow, who awakens, heaves herself to her feet, and tracks down all of her offspring. Each pig has a distinct personality and name, so readers can follow the adventures of their favorite through the book. This satisfying bedtime story is based on a real phenomenon in which baby animals become entranced by the moonlight. Ages 4 to 8 Grades Preschool to 3 AUTHOR: Lindsay lee Johnson is the author of several books for young people, including the picture book Hurricane Henrietta and the young adult books Stone Moon Soup, a novel in verse, and Worlds Apart, a novel. Carll Cneut is the illustrator of many picture books, including for Clarion, City Lullaby, hailed by the New York Times as “a love song to the city” and selected by Time Magazine as a Top Ten Book of the Year.

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<p> Fresh and amusing. Both the eye and the ear will be entranced. -- Kirkus Reviews

@lt;DIV@gt;@lt;DIV@gt; For Lindsay Lee Johnson @lt;BR@gt;@lt;B@gt;Soul Moon Soup @lt;BR@gt;@lt;/B@gt;-Lee Bennett Hopkins Promising Poet Award @lt;BR@gt;-VOYA Top Shelf Fiction for Middle Grade Readers @lt;BR@gt; Readers will be moved by Phoebe's slow acceptance of her loved ones' failings and by her rebound into the stream of life. --Publishers Weekly@lt;/P@gt;@lt;BR@gt;For Carll Cneut @lt;BR@gt;-shortlisted for the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen Award@lt;BR@gt;@lt;BR@gt;@lt;B@gt;@lt;I@gt;City Lullaby@lt;/B@gt;@lt;BR@gt;-Time Magazine's Top Ten Books of the Year @lt;BR@gt;-Parents' Choice Award @lt;BR@gt;-Kansas State Reading Circle Recommended Reading List@lt;/I@gt;@lt;BR@gt;@lt;BR@gt;@lt;I@gt; This droll counting rhyme begins with an explosion of color and energy that will pop your eyes wide open. . . . Cneut's witty illustrations . . . look like the streetscapes Wayne Thiebaud might have painted had he lived in New York instead of Northern California . . . In this vibrant, terrific p

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Lindsay Lee Johnson is the author of Worlds Apart, a collection of connected poetry, and a novel, Soul Moon Soup, both published by Front Street. She lives in Cambridge, Minnesota. Carll Cneut is the illustrator of many beloved and award-winning books in Europe. He is also the illustrator of ANTONIO ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD, GETTING SMALLER, published in the U.S. by Candlewick. He lives in Ghent, Belgium.

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