The Princess and the Pig
There's been a terrible mix-up in the royal nursery. Priscilla the princess has accidentally switched places with Pigmella, the farmer's new piglet. The kindly farmer and his wife believe it's the work of a good witch, while the ill-tempered king and queen blame the bad witch-after all, this...
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There's been a terrible mix-up in the royal nursery. Priscilla the princess has accidentally switched places with Pigmella, the farmer's new piglet. The kindly farmer and his wife believe it's the work of a good witch, while the ill-tempered king and queen blame the bad witch-after all, this happens in fairy tales all the time! While Priscilla grows up on the farm, poor yet very happy, things don't turn out quite so well for Pigmella. Kissing a frog has done wonders before, but will it work for a pig? Sure to hog all the attention, this story's frequent nods to well-known fairy tales such as Sleeping Beauty, The Frog Princess, and Thumbelina-plus hilarious illustrations-will delight readers of any age.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780802723345 (0802723349)
Publish date: September 27th 2011
Publisher: Walker Childrens
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
So what would happen if accidentally a princess switched places with a pig? You would have a crazy adventure where each of the families blames a fairy for their new predicament. If only the queen hadn’t dropped her baby, squeamish over her dirty diaper and that baby hadn’t fallen down over the balco...
4.5 stars. A really adorable and cute picture book.My oh my, this was adorable. A baby is born, and her mom (the queen) drops her from the tower (who does that btw?), baby falls and lands in a carriage with a pig. Pig goes up and becomes the princess.Instead of finding the real princess, the king an...
Molly wanted it for all four of her bedtime books.
A baby pig and a baby princess accidentally exchange places in this funny tale. The pig is presumed to be the princess transformed by a disgruntled fairy and the princess is presumed to be the pig transformed by a beneficent fairy. Time goes by, however, and the farmer and his wife begin to realize ...
Porcine and princess switch places in this fractured fairy tale.