The Sweetest Fig

The Sweetest Fig
AuthorChris Van Allsburg
Languagefrench
GenreFantasy picture book
PublisherHoughton Mifflin
Publication date
25 October 1993
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages32 pp (hardcover edition)
ISBN978-0-395-67346-1 (hardcover edition)
OCLC27769414
LC ClassPZ7.V266 Sw 1993
Preceded byThe Widow's Broom 
Followed byBad Day at Riverbend 

The Sweetest Fig is a children's fantasy picture book written in 1993 by the American author Chris Van Allsburg. It tells a story of an affluent, cold-hearted French dentist who eats a fig which makes his wildest dreams come true.