Friday, July 27, 2018

The Princess and the Pig

I wanted to include this book with my fractured fairy tale post, but it didn't quite fit. The Princess and the Pig by Jonathan Emmett and Poly Bernatene cleverly references several classic fairy tales, but it is definitely an original story!


Princess and the Pig tells the tale of Pigmella the pig and Priscilla the princess who accidentally get swapped as babies. Both the king and queen and the farmer and his wife believe it to be the work of fairies...after all, it's the sort of thing that happens all the time in books! Without a second thought, Priscilla the princess becomes the farmer's daughter, and Pigmella the pig becomes the royal princess. Priscilla grows up happily with the farmer and his wife, but poor Pigmella has a much harder time adjusting to life as a princess! My kids were busting up at the pictures of the pig wearing dresses and make-up, and the unexpected ending had us all laughing. Full of humor and wit, this fresh fairy tale is a new favorite of ours!

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