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Uh-oh. Mrs. Wishy-Washy is at it again. Rubbing and scrubbing all the animals on the farm. But this time they aren't standing for it. Duck, Cow, and Pig are leaving mean old Mrs. Wishy-Washy for good!They run away to the big city. But they get lost, wander into a restaurant, and even stumble into a hardware store and get covered in paint! Where is Mrs. Wishy-Washy when they need her? Maybe her farm isn't so bad after all . . .



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Joy Cowley

Cassia Joy Cowley DCNZM OBE (née Summers, born 7 August 1936) , best known as Joy Cowley, is a New Zealand author of children's fiction, novels, and short stories.Her first novel, Nest in a Fallen Tree (1967) , was adapted into the 1971 film The Night Digger by screenwriter Roald Dahl. Following its success in the United States, Cowley wrote several works for adults: her novels Man of Straw (1972) , Of Men and Angels (1972) , The Mandrake Root (1975) , and The Growing Season (1979) typically focused on families dealing with issues such as marital infidelity, mental illness, and death. Cowley has also published several collections of short stories, including Two of a Kind (1984) and Heart Attack and Other Stories (1985) . Cowley is known primarily for her children's fiction. Her children's novel The Silent One (1981) , was made into a 1985 film; other works include Bow Down Shadrach (1991) and its sequel Gladly, Here I Come (1994) .She has written 41 picture books, which include The Duck in the Gun (1969) , The Terrible Taniwha of Timberditch (1982) , Salmagundi (1985) , and The Cheese Trap (1995) . The Duck in the Gun and Salmagundi are explicitly anti-war books. Bio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Photo Courtesy of Horowhenua Historical Society inc, Levin, New Zealand (File:Joy Cowley.jpg) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) ], via Wikimedia Commons.



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