Swine lake
Author: James Marshall
Illustrator: Maurice Sendak
Publisher: Harper Collins/Jackson 1999
Genre: Picture Book
Themes: Theatre, plays, hunger, prey vs. predator, animals, personification
Main Characters: The Mangy Old Wolf
Secondary Characters: The pigs that performed in Swine Lake, his landlord
Summary:
A mangy “old” wolf wanders through a new part of town. He decides he could probably find a nice morsel or two. The he smells the most aromatic smell. He follows it to a swine theatre. He could not be happier, for pigs were his favorite meal. In a lucky moment he had seats inside. He got ready to pounce on a stage full of swine when suddenly…. You’ll have to read to find out what happens next. Does the wolf find dinner or an untimely fate? This is a cute story about how people aren’t always just what you assume. If you give them a chance you might find something that you never knew.
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