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ennitsud's review
5.0
i love this book and idk why i only remembered it now because hot damn was this hilarious. i’m glad some of those Insufferable Children learned their lesson bc i am Trash™️ for character growth. i gotta remind myself to find this at home.
side note: where the frick frack is my copy of the phantom tollbooth?? where the heck did they disappear to?
side note: where the frick frack is my copy of the phantom tollbooth?? where the heck did they disappear to?
cari1268's review
4.0
My five year-old really enjoyed this book. It was definitely outdated at parts but still a classic.
4 Stars.
4 Stars.
chelse34's review
funny
3.0
This is definitely an old book (published in 1947), and it shows a little bit. Parents spank their kids, that sort of thing with how times have changed. There's also a boy named Dick, and if any of my students knew about that slang term, it would not go well as a read aloud.
My husband says this was more of a parenting guide than a children's story. Haha! Basically each chapter has some kid who has some behavior issue, and they go to Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle for advice. Whether that be a child who doesn't put stuff away, eats too small of bites, won't take a bath, etc. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle has some eccentric ways of doing things, but her methods always work.
Kind of a silly book. My oldest liked it (age 8) and might continue to read the rest on his own. Not sure I have a desire to keep reading the series with my other kids.
My husband says this was more of a parenting guide than a children's story. Haha! Basically each chapter has some kid who has some behavior issue, and they go to Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle for advice. Whether that be a child who doesn't put stuff away, eats too small of bites, won't take a bath, etc. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle has some eccentric ways of doing things, but her methods always work.
Kind of a silly book. My oldest liked it (age 8) and might continue to read the rest on his own. Not sure I have a desire to keep reading the series with my other kids.
ryceejo's review against another edition
2.0
Reading these again with my 6yo; I read them when I was her age. They are cute but super dated, as the behavior and parenting and family dynamics are all 1950s. There are some problematic race slanders and body image comments. We will keep reading the rest but then it’s the waste bin for them
cassietea783's review
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
sunnierae2010's review
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
kareader's review
4.0
Read this aloud to my four kids, ages 2 to 8, and we all loved it! Each chapter is its own short story, which made it great for the younger ones especially. Our favorites we're the Radish Cure, the Won't-Pick-Up-Toys Cure, and the Fighter-Quarrelers Cure. :-)