Pig Pig Grows Up

I am not a great fan of Pig Pig myself; he seems to me to be one of the less attractive of the fictional pigs and in this book he displays behavior that I detest when small children show it. I can't abide wingeing and whining! That, of course, is exactly why children like him so much ... He behaves just like any child in one of the more unlovable moods of childhood. In Pig Pig Grows Up our anti-hero persists in behaving like a baby, even though he is a (very) full-sized pig. He insists on riding in a pushchair, sleeping in a cot, wearing nappies and generally being a pain in the neck to his poor mother whom I wanted to send on an O. U. course in child care! In the end, however, Pig Pig rescues a baby from a terrible fate and decides that he is a grown-up after all. The children, I have to report, loved the story. It is very well written and the illustrations are full of character and match the text excellently.