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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
Meyer and I listened to this audio book in the car. Although I'm not sure he followed all of the stories, he was amused and asked me about my "funniest parts".
Really fun children's lit. Hubert and his messy room is my favorite.
Synopsis: Mrs.Piggle-Wiggle is a funny little woman who has very long hair, loves children and lives in a house she had built upside down. She wanted it built upside down because when she was a little girl she wondered what it would be like to live in an upside down house. She had the baths and kitchen put in the correct way but everything else is upside down. The chandelier in the dining room is imagined to be a fire by all the children. The children of the neighborhood love to go to her house and play because she has a child-like personality and a big imagination that the children thrive and respond to. She is also the woman everyone calls on for parenting questions. She has a creative cure for all the problems the children have. Here is a list of some of her cures: The Won't-Pick-Up-Toys Cure, The Answer-Backer Cure, The Selfishness Cure, The Radish Cure, The Never-Want-To-Go-To-Bedders Cure, The Slow-Eater-Tiny-Bite-Taker Cure, and The Fighter-Quarrelers Cure. This book was first published in 1947 and it is fairly obvious in the way people lived in the story, to me. My kids didn't notice anything nor ask any questions. :)
My Thoughts: This was a fun read. After each chapter Collin and I took some time to discuss the choices the children were making and if he ever does, then the consequences Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle came up with for the children and what consequences would work in our home. It was really very fun. Collin squealed, "May we please read Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle today?" Really, how can a mom possibly say no to that? My 4 year old daughter even joined in our readings. They were fun to listen to for her as well. My son said that he gives this book five stars because it was so fun and I must say, I agree with him, too. :)
My Thoughts: This was a fun read. After each chapter Collin and I took some time to discuss the choices the children were making and if he ever does, then the consequences Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle came up with for the children and what consequences would work in our home. It was really very fun. Collin squealed, "May we please read Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle today?" Really, how can a mom possibly say no to that? My 4 year old daughter even joined in our readings. They were fun to listen to for her as well. My son said that he gives this book five stars because it was so fun and I must say, I agree with him, too. :)
My third grade teacher used to read this book to us and I remember it being so funny! I wonder if it would be now...
I always loved the Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle books when I was younger - but they don't hold up as well as I thought they would. Maybe my kid is still too young (4.5 years), but I had to explain a lot of the anachronistic language to him. Oh, and I forgot about the many references to spanking. Yikes.
My memories of this book gave it five stars. I just re-read it for class and I don't really know why I loved it so much when I was a kid. It's essentially a series of stories on how children should behave. Definitely not what I remembered.
the adventures of a clearly abusive tiny witch who gets away with it because 1950s suburbs.
I loved this book when I was a kid! Mrs Piggle-Wiggle herself is Mary Poppins meets Pippi Longstocking. She lives in an upside-down house overrun with pets, married a pirate, and leads neighborhood children on fantastic adventures. Her real skill, however, lies in dealing with overwrought parents, who turn to her to find cures for common childhood "ailments" like selfishness and answering back. The parents are identical characters (distant and wise-cracking father; baffled and concerned mother) in every story, and Mrs Piggle-Wiggle's cure is always to let the child's behavior run its natural, albeit extreme, course. Although rigidly formulaic, the writing is marvelously absurd, clever, and unforgettable.
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
