Yay Pie! had a post the other day about favorite childhood books. After reading her post I began thinking of some of my old favorites and remembered "Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle". Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle is an unusual neighborhood character that always has an cure for typical childhood misbehaviors. Her cures are not as simple as a spanking or sending the child to a "time out chair" - they are much more time consuming...her philosophy being more of a reverse-psychology method of discipline.
The "Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle" books were written by Betty MacDonald (also the author of 'The Egg and I').
I had never read a Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle book to my kids yet - but decided today was the day. They LOVED it! What's not to like about a story that includes a boy stuck in his room b/c his toys are all over the place and he has to have his food sent up to him by a garden rake, outside his bedroom window?
My favorite story as a child was the one about the little girl who always "misheard" things...she calls a friend's house to see if she can come out and play...the friend's mother answers the phone and says she can't come out b/c she was riding on her coaster and fell and got hurt. Mishearing girl takes that to be "she fell into the toaster and got burnt up". I remember thinking that part was so hilarious! I even remember where I was sitting when I read it...out on my parent's front steps...which means I was at least 8 yrs old and could have been as old as 12 yrs old.
Just hope the kids don't get any ideas from these books...
The "Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle" books were written by Betty MacDonald (also the author of 'The Egg and I').
I had never read a Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle book to my kids yet - but decided today was the day. They LOVED it! What's not to like about a story that includes a boy stuck in his room b/c his toys are all over the place and he has to have his food sent up to him by a garden rake, outside his bedroom window?
My favorite story as a child was the one about the little girl who always "misheard" things...she calls a friend's house to see if she can come out and play...the friend's mother answers the phone and says she can't come out b/c she was riding on her coaster and fell and got hurt. Mishearing girl takes that to be "she fell into the toaster and got burnt up". I remember thinking that part was so hilarious! I even remember where I was sitting when I read it...out on my parent's front steps...which means I was at least 8 yrs old and could have been as old as 12 yrs old.
Just hope the kids don't get any ideas from these books...
3 comments:
I must admit I have never heard of "Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle" despite the number of books we have and have borrowed and the number of children we have raised. I'll have to check them out for some of the grandkids!
When I first saw your post, I thought you were writing about the "Piggly Wiggly" grocery chain!!!
I'm so happy that your kids loved Mrs. Piggle Wiggle! Then again, they do seem to have impeccable taste ;)
This is the first time that I have heard about this book. Did you get it from the library?
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