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The Princess and the Pig by Poly Bernatene, Jonathan Emmett

mehsi's review against another edition

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5.0

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 and queen immediately assumed that a bad fairy has cursed the princess and turned her to a pig.
While the baby princess is now with farmers who assume the same. :) Because this is what happens sometimes in stories.

I really liked the princess, and the pig was also funny. It was fun to see the various lifestyles. The real princess on a farm and having fun, the pig needing to study, to wear elaborate clothes and more.

The ending was interesting (I won't spoil anything), just that I loved it and I am happy the writer went for this ending instead of the one I was thinking off.

Review first posted at http://twirlingbookprincess.com/

jaxinthebox01's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted

5.0

pacifickle's review against another edition

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4.0

This book has me excited for teaching "text to text connections" - each time a wacky thing happens to a character in this hodgepodge of fractured fairy tales, they refer to a well-known fairy well where this "always happens." So cute!

barbarianlibarian's review against another edition

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4.0

pretty dang adorable, great twisted fairytale/princess story

beths0103's review against another edition

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5.0

Ridiculously nonsensical. Delightfully hysterical. A great read-aloud for any age group.

lizwuestefeld's review against another edition

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5.0

This book made me laugh out loud. I’m not crazy about how the pig is treated/discussed but the premise of the book is silly and hilarious. I also enjoyed the meta aspects of the story.

ninacg89's review against another edition

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5.0

En morsom vri på den klassiske eventyrformelen. Tror den kan falle i god smak hos de små som de store. Fungerte fint da jeg hadde en barnehage på besøk på biblioteket for en lesestund for barn.

sandraagee's review against another edition

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4.0

Super cute. Loved the illustrations, and the storytelling was pitch perfect.

missprint_'s review

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5.0

AWESOME riff on the usual fairy tale tropes. Lots of fun. Beautifully illustrated.

mlottermoser's review against another edition

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5.0

The princess and the pig are swapped at birth. Will they regain their own roles or will they follow the way the stories always go?