Wump World by Bill Peet
	List Price:   $17.00 Unit Price:   $13.60 You Save:   $3.40 (20%) ISBN-10:   0395198410 ISBN-13:   9780395198414 Publisher:   Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Edition:   Teachers Edition, Instructors Manual, etc., illustrated Category:   Picture Books Pub. Date:   August 1974 Pages:   48 Format:   Hardcover; Reinforced binding Ages:   5 to 8 Grades:   0 to 3
Awards
1986  Caldecott Medal  Winner!  1991  Buckeye Children's Book Award  Winner!  1986  Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards  Nominee/Honoree  1987  Bluegrass Award  Winner!  1988  Flicker Tale Children's Book Award  Nominee/Honoree
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION
Description/Notes
This is a book that tells the story about the lovely Wump creatures and how they become victims of persons and events beyond their control. The Pollutians invade the Wump World and turn the green meadows into a concrete jungle. 'There is a maximum of animation in each scene.' An animal parable in which pollution & the waste of natural resources are the main themes.