Jig, Fig, and Mrs. Pig [Turtleback]

Peter Hansard (Author), Francesca Martin (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1996

A bright and humorous retelling of a fairy tale concerns the just rewards that come to hard-working Jig and her employers, the bad-tempered Mrs. Pig and her son Pig, after a wizard does some appropriate spell-casting.

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Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 2-A variant on the old Perrault tale, "Fairies," this piggy version has Mrs. Pig, who is "...mingy, stingy, and mean"; Fig, her "...Figsy-pigsy darling" son; and Jig, their servant, as major characters. When Jig, the ill-treated heroine, meets a wizard in disguise, she treats him kindly and is rewarded by gold and jewels spilling from her lips when she speaks. Pushed by his avaricious mother to seek the same reward, Fig behaves rudely and is punished by having frogs and snakes slither from his mouth. Mrs. Pig runs off in horror, followed closely by her revolting son, which leaves their cozy house to Jig and the wizard, who comes occasionally for tea. Reminiscent of James Marshall's humorous renderings of familiar fairy tales, Hansard's adaptation of this folktale-with-a-lesson is deft and lighthearted. The brightly hued watercolors are exactly right, wittily delineating the porcine characters with wonderfully human expressions (Mrs. Pig in particular looks very mean and mingy.) Because of its small size, the book would be difficult to use for story times, but on a one-on-one basis or with a small group it will surely draw chuckles.
Judy Constantinides, East Baton Rouge Parish Main Library, LA
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Booklist

Ages 5^-7. Hansard's version of the Cinderella story features a young pig named Jig being mistreated by the bad-tempered Mrs. Pig and her spoiled son, Fig. One day, as Jig returns home from her daily trip to the village for milk, she is approached by an old pig in need. And because Jig helps, she is rewarded. The old pig metamorphoses into a wizard, waves his magic wand, and announces that "along with every word you speak, there will fall from your mouth a nugget of gold or a precious diamond." When Jig returns, Mrs. Pig gets greedy for the treasure--and the next day sends her son out for milk. Of course, Fig doesn't help the old pig wizard and gets his just reward, and Jig lives happily every after. This satisfyingly silly retelling is wrapped in a nice little package--a smaller trim size, with the story on the left-hand page and a funny watercolor on the right. Kathy Broderick --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Turtleback: 1 pages
• Publisher: Demco Media (April 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0606094911
• ISBN-13: 978-0606094917
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 7.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces

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