Akron Public Library

Little Oink is a neat little pig, but his parents will not allow him to play with his friends until he is messy, as pigs should be.

You could always tell where Mr. Messy had been because he left a trail of messy fingerprints wherever he'd been.

Learn how to defeat monsters by practicing good health habits, including brushing and flossing teeth, keeping a clean room, and being active instead of sitting in front of the television all afternoon.

"In this latest misadventure, Nate, the all-time record-holder for detentions, gets to see how the other half lives as he follows his best friend Francis's example and becomes a total neat freak; has Nate totally flipped out?"--Provided by publisher.

No matter what he does, Larry always gets dirty--except in the shower.

When Gorgonzola the dinosaur learns that everyone runs from him to avoid his smell, rather than out of fear, he is grateful to the little bird who shows him how to brush his teeth and wash.

Illustrations without words depict the enormous and complicated contraption that Mama Pig uses to get her little piglets clean.

Wearing his perfectly clean suit and living in his perfectly tidy room, Edward the pig avoids getting messy until a big tub of paint falls on his head.

Theodore the teddy bear gets lost in a pile of family laundry and has a remarkable adventure.

Although each child is making a mess of his or her own, they all deny responsibility for the mud being tracked through the house.