1974 A Big Golden Book. The Poky Little Puppy by Janette Sebring Lowery.
Written by Janette Sebring Lowery. Illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren. 1974 eleventh printing. Golden Press. Western Publishing Company, Inc.
"Five little puppies dug a hole under the fence and went for a walk in the wide, wide world.
Through the meadow they went, down the road, over the bridge, across the green grass, and up the hill, one after the other.
And when they got to the top of the hill they counted themselves: one, two, three, four. One little puppy wasn't there.
"Now where in the world is that poky little puppy?" they wondered. For he certainly wasn't on top of the hill.
The Poky Little Pony has been in continual publication since it was published in 1942, and has become the best-selling children's hard cover book of all time. 15 million copies and counting! It's easy to explain. Janette Sebring Lowery captured children's inquisitiveness, misbehaviors, and delights in the puppy who stops to smell, hear, and see the world around him, and falls behind his four puppy siblings.
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