Chester The Worldly Pig
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Chester The Worldly Pig      -     By: Bill Peet

Chester The Worldly Pig

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt / 1978 / Paperback

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Product Description

Chester is a small pig on a farm who has big dreams-dreams that do not include being dinner! When Chester sees a poster for the circus, he decides that he will learn a trick-he will balance on his nose. Once Chester manages to master this feat, off he goes in search of the circus. One he leaves the farm, all he seems to find is trouble-but there is something very special about Chester, its just a matter of time before everybody figures it out! Written and illustrated by Bill Peet, who created a menagerie of memorable animal characters during his work as an animation artist at Walt Disney and during his thirty-five year career as an author and illustrator of children's books.

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Title: Chester The Worldly Pig
By: Bill Peet
Format: Paperback
Vendor: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication Date: 1978
Weight: 6 ounces
ISBN: 0395272718
ISBN-13: 9780395272718
Ages: 4-8
Stock No: WW72710

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Chester longs to be a performer in the circus, but the road to stardom is rocky until someone discovers Chester's true "worldliness."

Author Bio

Bill Peet was the author of 34 books published by Houghton Mifflin. One of these, BILL PEET: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY, was named a 1989 Caldecott Honor Book. All of Bill Peet’s books published by Houghton Mifflin Company, including his first book for children published in 1959, HUBERT'S HAIR-RAISING ADVENTURE, remain actively in print today.

In both his career as an author and illustrator of children’s books and in his work as sketch artist and continuity illustrator at Walt Disney, Bill Peet created a menagerie of memorable characters. As he himself noted, "I write about animals because I love to draw them. Most of my animal characters have human personalities, and some are much like the people I know."

At Walt Disney, where Bill Peet worked for 27 years, he was a key participant in the production of classic films such as Fantasia, Sleeping Beauty, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, and 101 Dalmatians for which he was not only an artist, but the screenwriter as well.

Bill Peet’s signature style enabled him to create fast-paced stories of fantastical adventure delivered with warmth and laugh-out-loud hilarity. His unfailing humor did not, however, prevent him from addressing such poignant issues as kindness toward others and respect for the environment. Through the exploits of his characters, Peet offered his audience a chance to see themselves and their world through new eyes.

"At some point," Bill Peet once said, "it occurred to me that drawing was something I couldn’t possibly give up, and somehow it must be turned into a profession." He went on to not only fulfill his dream but to introduce generations of young readers to his delightful vision of humor, friendship and compassion.

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