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Geisert, Arthur

Hogwash

32 pp. | Houghton/Lorraine | March, 2008 | Trade ISBN 978-0-618-77332-9 $16.00

(2) K-3 After frolicking in a paint factory, the pig children are filthy. Their broom-wielding mothers herd them to the hogwash, where they're washed and dried through a series of highly detailed processes involving ingenious contraptions. The story is wordless, and Geisert's watercolor and pen-and-ink pictures invite readers to trace the mechanical connections in this tantalizing, quirkily dignified, and joyous world.

Reviewer: Sarah Ellis | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2008