Clean as a Whistle takes poetry to the next level. The scenery is drawn in muted browns and the author's love of natural history pours over each page. But the amusement of the story is in its simple goofiness. It appeals to the child in all of us. It is the story of three children who have fun getting dirty:

The three cousins continue running through a field and into the woods:

They eventually get lost and come upon an elderly lady with a hearing problem. They ask if she knows of a path so they can return home. She thinks they want a bath.