The Princess and the Pig
The summary: A baby princess and piglet are switched by accident. Pigmella, the pig, becomes Priscilla, the princess, and vice versa.
It’s a little confusing, I know. Stick with me.
The adults in this book are pretty gullible. Instead of assuming that the pig and baby were switched, they assume that fairies turned the baby into a pig and the pig into a baby, because, obviously, that happens all the time in books.
I won’t spoil the ending for you, wait, yes I will. The farmer and his wife find out the truth, and being honest folk, they take Pigmella (who is really the princess) back to the castle. However, the king and queen don’t believe them and still think the pig is the true princess. So, the real princess stays Pigmella while the pig remains Princess Priscilla.
I love this.
I love that the girl doesn’t end up being the princess in the happily ever after. She still has a happy ending, but instead of ending up a princess, she’s a normal girl who marries a normal guy and they live a normal life.
The artwork is really fun to look at, and the layout is different, but easy to follow. The text is witty, with plenty of references to old fairy tales that you either get or you don’t. If your child is too young to understand, it won’t effect their understanding of the story; however, it gives you an opportunity to tell those fairy tales for the first time.
Rating: 7
Filed under: Fairy Tale, Picture Book
