Series of children's books about a pig named Poppleton
First book in the series
Poppleton is a series of children's books written by American author
Cynthia Rylant and illustrator
Mark Teague. The stories follow a pig named Poppleton who moves from the city to a small town and enjoys humorous adventures with his friends and neighbors. This series is marketed to children ages 5 to 9.[1][2][3] Poppleton was the mascot for
American Library Association's 1997 reading campaign.[4]
Characters
Poppleton - A pig who has recently moved to the country from the city. He is the main character.
Cherry Sue- A
llama who lives next door to Poppleton and appears more frequently than any other minor character
Hudson- A
mouse that is living close by to Poppleton.
Zacko- A
ferret who is Poppleton's friend and owns a coat store.
Marsha- A
rabbit who is Poppleton's friend and works at a bike store.
Gus- A turtle who is the mail carrier
Patrick- A
finch who inadvertently knocked down Poppleton's icicles. Poppleton was gravely dismayed but Patrick had the ingenious idea to build something with the icicles. After all their hard work, they enjoyed a candlelit dinner together.
^Manning, P 2001, 'Poppleton in Winter (Book Review)', School Library Journal, 47, 10, p. 130, Academic Search Complete, EBSCOhost, viewed 1 July 2014.
^Sherman, D 1998, 'Poppleton Forever', School Library Journal, 44, 10, p. 113, MasterFILE Complete, EBSCOhost, viewed 1 July 2014.
^Glantz, S 1998, 'Fiction', Library Talk, 11, 4, p. 41, Computer Source, EBSCOhost, viewed 1 July 2014.