The old man and the mule

by Anne Snyder

A contrary old man and his equally contrary mule find that they can't get along without each other.

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1978

About the author

Anne Snyder was a prize-winning author of young-adult fiction whose novels confronted alcoholism, homelessness, sexuality and other real-life dilemmas

She was born in Boston and grew up in the blue-collar Jewish neighborhoods of Detroit. She attended high school in Detroit and later put herself through two years of college.

In 1949, after marrying and starting a family, she moved to Los Angeles, where she began her writing career. She wrote and directed plays for a Westchester theater group called Kentwood Players and for the City of Hope. She also studied creative writing at Los Angeles Valley College.

During the 1970s, she taught creative writing at Valley College and at Pierce College and Cal State Northridge.

Snyder also worked in television. She researched and wrote questions for the "Hollywood Squares" game show and contributed concepts and scripts for "General Hospital" and "The Lucille Ball Show."

Reviews

[Alex Housman · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is good! I do appreciate that the illustrations are simple but still detailed. They do not take away from the story line and use fluent colors throughout. This book is about a seemingly grouchy old man, Zeke, and his mule, Tully. When Zeke gets a tractor he decided that he no longer needed Tully around the house. They realize they both need each other. Sometimes you don't know what you have until it's gone.