Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonald Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
Book Review: three cheers for the radish cure!
Summary: 5 Stars
My daughter was as charmed by these stories as I was back in the day--we started reading them aloud when she was six and worked our way happily through the whole series of four. We've all wished for magic potions to fix our problems, but most of these cures rely on Mrs. P.W.'s imagination, humor and common-sense more than just magic ( the Radish Cure for the girl who wouldn't take a bath was maybe the strangest but also the best). Everyone--parents and kid--ends up happier after Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle steps in. The portrayal of 1950's domestic life is sly and funny but also sympathetic--the jaunty, distracted fathers who leave for the office each morning, the weary mothers obsessed with their children's behavior, housekeeping, and creating elaborate meals. The descriptions of breakfasts alone are enough to make you nostalgic--eggs, porridge, bacon--on a school day!--as is the general picture of pre-TV neighborhood life, treehouses, go-carts, games of kick-the-can and parcheesi. One of those rare books that's equally fun for parents and kids, and the Hilary Knight illustrations are perfection. Let's hope they never make a film version.