The puppies had all dug a hole underneath the fence to escape from their yard (instead of playing in their own backyard), but only the Poky Little Puppy's siblings are caught. In the beginning, his independence is rewarded. Instead of following his siblings when they all sneak out to play (although their mother has warned them that they can go out and play, but never dig holes under the fences so they can go to other yards), the titular character lags behind to observe other things.
Seuss' Green Eggs and Ham, Lowrey herself (who also wrote stories about children in her home state of Texas) remained in relative obscurity until her death. While the book has outsold many other famous books such as Dr. As of 2001, The Poky Little Puppy was the single all-time best-selling hardcover children's book in the U.S., having sold nearly 15 million copies. The Poky Little Puppy is a story about five puppies of undetermined breed. The copyright was renewed in October 1969. It was first published in 1942 as one of the first twelve books in the Simon & Schuster series Little Golden Books. The Poky Little Puppy is a children's book written by Janette Sebring Lowrey and illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren.
