I like the first two books in the Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle series but after that... eh. The books are usually charming with their magical realism. This book features a lot more magic, a lot less realism.
We start off with the Not Truthfulness Cure. We've got a young gentleman who can't seem to tell the truth and there are a lot of different stories going around town. So he's left with Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle for a month. Yes. His parents just drop him off at a woman's farm, out of town (she's moved since the first two books) and this is someone they don't really know. Okay.
Next up is the Pet-forgotten cure where a little girl can't take care of her many, many pets.
In the Destructiveness Cure, we meet Jeffy who likes to take things apart. Of course, being at Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's will show him why that's not a good idea. Suddenly in this book, Penelope the parrot, who was a regular parrot before, talks in full sentences.
There is also the Fraidy-Cat Cure. Phoebe is scared of everything but when Mrs Piggle-Wiggle gets trapped and getting over being a fraidy cat has to happen quickly.
Lastly we have the Can't Find It Cure where Morton comes up with a fabulous treasure... which was how the last book ended.
You can probably tell that I was frustrated with this book as being a retread of a lot of earlier stories.
Two stars
This book came out in 1954
Follows Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic
Followed by Hello Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
Borrowed as audiobook from Libby
Opinions are my own
No comments:
Post a Comment