Kearsten says: This is cute - a bit too silly for me, but my five-year-old *really* enjoyed it! Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle has some very unusual cures for what ails the children in this book. While her cures are effective in the book, some of them were a bit creepy/scary! ( )

This really is a children's classic. It is a great book to read aloud to earlier readers. It helps with discussions about manners and proper behavior, as Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle cures children from dire childhood illness such as fighter-querralitis. Each chapter is self contained, which aids in the reading aloud, and the structure is repetitive, which helps with younger children being able to observe patterns and to make predictions.

I was read these stories as a child, and recently read them to the children I nanny with, to a surprising great success. The children all remember the details of each story and tell them back to me. They also threaten each other that if they don't behave, maybe I would implement the Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle cure from the book. Even though some of the language is old, they still got all of it and would burst out laughing at parts. These stories have really survived through time well and still works with kids. ( )

Yes, I know they're for kids. But I love them. Plus, I just recently completed the set, so I figure I can reread them all again now, and then I probably won't touch them until I have my own kids. I think my favorite story in this one is the Raddish cure.

It's interesting to read this as an adult and notice the consistencies in parental dynamics of the families with problem children. Mom notices the problem and deals with it, but first she calls all the other moms and asks them what to do. Dad either a) tells the mother nothing is actually wrong and it's all in her head, or b) takes one look at the problem and heads out to golf with his buddies. Maybe if the dads in this town paid more attention to their kids they wouldn't have so many problems, hm?

But then again, it was the 1950s. And at least the problems were easily solved. ( )

Meet Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, a widow who never had children. All the children of the neighborhood flock to her unique house to play. More importantly, the mothers call her because she has a knack for "curing" whatever ails the children, from talking back to parents, to not picking up toys. One of my favorites is the Radish Cure. A delightful read. ( )

This is cute - a bit too silly for me, but S *really* enjoyed it! Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle has some very unusual cures for what ails the children in this book. While her cures are effective in the book, some of them were a bit creepy/scary! ( )