She appreciates the stories for their humor and for their verisimilitude, albeit with exaggerated effects. My elementary-school aged daughter, however, says that I'm reading far too much into the book. Piggle-Wiggle, some fifties years later, reads like a neighborhood drug dealer! In these stories, all of the children are being drugged by their parents, surreptitiously, and they come to enjoy the happy side effects of the various pills, powders and sprays they are subjected to. What also strikes me about these stories is that they are all about children who might now be regarded as having psychological or socialization problems some of them today might even be treated with drugs. (See the vintage television shows "Leave it to Beaver" or "Dennis the Menace" for lessons in Fifties' children's slang as they appear in this book!) Piggle-Wiggle is consulted, the magic is applied, and the problem is cured-the writing is lively and humorous the author, Betty MacDonald, has a good ear for dialogue, even if the colloquialisms, some fifty years old, are now terribly dated. Although the plots are formulaic-the problem is revealed, Mrs.
Piggle-Wiggle, is the unifying element in these stories about a show-off, a crybaby, a bully, a few whisperers, and a slowpoke. PIGGLE-WIGGLE is a well-written collection of short tales about miscreant children who are cured of their bad behavior by a neighborhood specialist in magical elixirs for children. Perhaps the lure of leadership pills, whisper sticks, or crybaby tonic will have a troublemaker you know searching for the Mrs. Just as relevant over half-a-century since it's first publication, children everywhere will relate to at least one of the many interesting characters, and delight in the magical cures doled out. Piggle Wiggle stories, Betty MacDonald once again uses her creative writing to teach children that it isn't nice to whisper, bully, or show off. The illustrations are just ridiculous enough to compliment the entertaining stories, while remaining realistic enough to flatter the moral of each tale.
Hilary Knight's ink sketch illustrations depict hilarious scenes such as Melody Foxglove drowning in her own tears, Jimmy Gopher bullying Priscilla Wick, and Harbin Quadrangle slowpoking his way out of bed. Piggle Wiggle digs through her old sea chest full of magical cures (which was left to her by her husband, the pirate) to find remedies for crybabies, show-offs, and whisperers. In this collection of short stories, Mrs. And parents love her because she seems to be the only one who keep their children under control. Could it be yours? Children love her because she lets them paint, woodwork, sew, and ride bicycles in her yard.
Miss Piggle Wiggle is the charmingly little woman who lives around the corner of an unnamed neighborhood.
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