The Adventures of Nanny Piggins | R.A. Spratt
When Mr. Green places a "Nanny Wanted" sign on the front lawn, his three children fear for the worst. Enter Nanny Piggins - the chocolate-eating, mischief-having, pie-baking, sick note-writing circus pig of their dreams. Will the new nanny survive her first year on the job without Mr. Green taking note of her hijinks?
Nanny Piggins is the Marry Poppins of this generation. She is no nonsense when it comes to fun, a platform I can get behind. I adored this book far more than I could have imagined at first glance. As a rule, I don't enjoy talking animal books (sorry, Redwall), but Spratt's writing is laugh out loud funny. From the school uniform incident through the doorknob thief, I was pleasantly surprised by the characters' appeal. I like the style of the book, with each chapter serving as a separate and complete stories that interlink but do not necessairly need to be read straight through in order to appreciate it. I think it lends itself to relucant readers, both for this format and the humor, but also serves as a bridge from series chapter books to longer standalone works. Each chapter builds an expecation for the next that does not disappoint with each passing page. If there were a Cybil write-in for book that caught you most off-guard, I'd have to hand it to Nanny Piggins - two chocolate smeared hands-down.- Posted from Jersey City, NJ
Posted on Wednesday, Nov 3, 2010
