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Lulu the Flying Pig

by Maria Kaplan, illustrated by Reiko Porter

20 pages; Saddle stitched; catalogue #05-0277; ISBN 1-4120-5382-x; US$11.00, C$12.50, EUR9.00, £6.50

"When pigs fly" is an idiom for "something that will never happen", but Lulu has never heard this expression and it won't keep her from her dream of finding the perfect little shoes! This book teaches children that "nothing is impossible" if they persevere.

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About the Book

Lulu is a sweet little girl pig who lives on a farm. She has four hooves, but no shoes for them. She really would love four bright blue shoes! So she sets about her mission to find shoes. She asks the other animals on the farm-the rooster, the milking cows, and the wise animals like the owl where she can find shoes. The owl replies facetiously, "Pigs will wear shoes when pigs fly!" insinuating that Lulu should forfeit her fanciful notion of ever wearing shoes. Lulu takes the owl's advice literally and begins to fly! She finds her shoes on cloud number 9 in the sky!

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About the Author

Maria Kaplan grew up in NJ with an enormous collection of children's books. She read them over and over again igniting a passion for writing at a very innocent age. Maria loves art and music and dabbles in creative hobbies that allow her to experience a bit of this joy each day. Maria remembers fondly her parents' inspirational words "You can do anything you put your mind to." She lives by this mantra and hopes Lulu will inspire children the world over to believe in themselves. This is Maria's first published children's book.

She currently lives in Woodland Hills, California with her husband Eric, darling baby daughter Ava Rose and a sweet dachshund puppy. She has dedicated this book to Ava and looks forward to many happy bedtime stories.

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