A review by mat_tobin
Lady Muck by William Mayne, Jonathan Heale

5.0

An absolutely wonderful book in which Mayne's piggytalk and narrative alongside Heale's wonderful woodcuts makes for a peerless play with word and image. After unearthing some rich turffles, Boark and his large wife, Sowk set off to market to make their money. On the way, Sowk falls to temptation and little by little nibbles away at their rich findings. The tale is funny in itself but it is the read-aloud nature of the text and Wayne's invented piggy language which I love so much. Not one for all readers, sadly, but a real mucky masterpiece nonetheless.