The Princess and the Pig

By EMMETT, Jonathan

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ISBN
978-0-8027-2334-5 978-0-8027-2335-2
Publisher
Walker


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on June 1, 2012  |  Preschool to Grade 4

PreS-Gr 4—When two babies are switched through the kind of outrageous scenario common in fairy tales, a princess (now Pigmella) becomes the farmer's daughter and the pig (now Priscilla) becomes royalty. Naturally the girl has a much easier time growing up on a farm than does the pig in the castle. Much time passes before the farmer's wife hears about the princess who suddenly became a pig, yet she knows im...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on January 1, 2011

A piglet is mistakenly switched for a newborn princess. Believing a fairy has transformed their daughter, the king and queen raise th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Junior Library Guild

Reviewed on November 1, 2011

A clever tale that brims with humor. Smart references to well-known fairy tales will amuse readers. For example, when the farmer finds a baby in his cart where a piglet had been, the farmer’s wife holds up Thumbelina and says, “A good fairy . . . knew how poor and honest we are and how badly we wanted a child, so she turne...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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