| Piggybook | 
 enlarge | Author: Anthony Browne
Publisher: Walker
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 41492
Media: Hardcover
Edition: New edition
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 8 x 0.2
ISBN: 1406313289
EAN: 9781406313284
ASIN: 1406313289
Publication Date: June 2, 2008
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 About Piggybook September 22, 2001
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Piggybook is about a family of two boys and their parents. At first it seems like the perfect family, but then you discover that the mother is made to do all the work (e.g. washing, cooking, cleaning). She works all the time, and gets completely exhausted. Her husband and sons are complete pigs, only thinking of themselves, so one day, she leaves them. The boys can't manage by themselves, everything is messed up completely. They begin to wish their mother/wife was back. Soon, she does come back, with the condition that they all have to share the workload equally. So the mother never has to be the 'housemaid' again. The moral of this story would probably be 'absence makes the heart grow fonder'!
 This book is incredible! August 6, 1998
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book shows a family of men who are all pigs(at first they are humans and they are messy). The poor mother has to clean up after them and cook all of their meals. Throughout this book Browne's illustrations are humorous. In the middle the men are all drawn as pigs. Look carefully at the pictures, there are many hidden pigs. The mother gets fed up and leaves them and the men have to fend for themselves. Well, you can guess what happens next!
Excellent children's book on viewing women's equality. August 28, 1997
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is one of my favorite children's books. Mrs. Piggott gets tired of her husband and two sons because they don't help at home even though she is working full time. She leaves them and they eventually end up rooting like pigs looking for something to eat. Watch the pictures to see pigs appearing everywhere.
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