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A nanny with trotters!?
Nanny Piggins, the world's most glamorous flying pig, runs away from
the circus and goes to live with the Greens as their nanny. The Green
children, Derrick, Samantha and Michael, fall in love with her
instantly. Who could not fall in love with a Nanny whose only job
qualifications are her astonishing ability to be fired out of a cannon
and her amazing ability to make chocolate cake, sometimes both at the
same time?
They then have some wonderful adventures together. I won't spoil them
for you by listing them all but they do include catching a serial
doorknob thief, hiding a 10-foot dancing bear in the basement and being
lost at sea en route to China.
If you don't believe us, listen to the experts:
'No one knows more about firing cannons than Nanny Piggins. We could
have used a pig like her in the last war.' MAJOR GENERAL WINTERBOTTOM,
ROYAL ARTILLERY REGIMENT
'Reading this book made me give up eating bacon sandwiches.' JANET
MURRAY, PIG FARMER
'I used to want to be a brain surgeon but Nanny Piggins taught me there
are much more important jobs in life.' HANS THE BAKER
'Nanny Piggins is the love of my life. If I could read this book
without sobbing over every page, I would.' SCHOOL DISTRICT
SUPERINTENDENT FINKLESTICK
Reviews
"Sarah Piggins is irrepressible, effortlessly eclipsing all her famous
fictional peers." The Australian
"This splendidly subversive take on the special relationship between
paid carers and their charges, loaded with wit. Read it with a child,
or to a child, but don't let them carry it off into a corner for their
exclusive enjoyment."
The Australian
Widower Mr. Green's a lawyer who helps the rich avoid taxes. He hates
to part with money as much as they do. When petite and porcine Sarah
Piggins presents herself as nanny in answer to Green's yard sign, he
hires her on the spot. She's never been a nanny, but after years as a
circus flying pig, she feels nannying can't be harder than being
blasted out of a cannon. The three Green children, all good if slightly
shy, quickly fall under Nanny Piggins's perky, lunatic spell.
They spend school-supply money on a day at the amusement park. They
catch a notorious doorknob thief. They even welcome Nanny's brother
Boris, a dancing bear, to the family, and of course, they eat lots and
lots of cake. Australian TV writer Spratt's Mary
Poppins-cum-Paddington Bear with a sprinkling of Snickettian humor
makes for a terrific read aloud. Each chapter's a sitcom episode of
delicious mayhem. Santat's spot and full-page black-and-white
illustrations are a nice pairing. Readers will demand swift release of
the two sequels already out Down Under.
Kirkus Reviews for the U.S. edition
