When asked, my daughter either wants to be a Mom or a Princess when she grows up. She wears dresses daily and loves to surround herself with anything ‘Princess’ in theme and that includes books. Taking a liking of course to all the Disney stories, I also like to find other books that would suit her interest. Thanks to Scholastic, my daughter received a copy of Princess Pigtoria and the Pea, written by Pamela Duncan Edwards and illustrated by Henry Cole. This hardcover book is about a poor Pig Pigtoria who Pitifully pined to be a posh princess by marrying the pompous Prince Proudfoot of Porksville. Notice all the P’s? Well, that’s exactly what this book sounds like, as a plethera of P words are used. I get a 
little tongue tied reading it to her and she just giggles and giggles – such a fun book to enjoy. Plus, it was a great book for her to take to school when the letter of the day was ‘P’. The teacher read it to the class and from what I heard, all the kids were in stitches. And that’s exactly why I liked this book – it’s entertaining, fun and really reinforces that love for reading. So…did Pigtoria get to be a Princess? Did she marry Prince Proudfoot? Like I said, this is a very cleverly written kids book, and it has an unexpected yet delightful ending as well. I won’t ruin the surprise, you’ll have to read it to find out!
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How cute! Love the title.
That is sweet.
My daughter is similar to how yours is, all girly and princessy – yet she’ll boldly tell you that she wants kids, but she’s not having her own. She plans to adopt.
I’d love to nab a copy of this book for my great niece, she’d love it!
I, too, love the title. Cute!
Awe, my son just borrowed this book from his school library, it is very cute. i like the ending too, never settle and always strive for happiness! don’t worry, we got a little tongue-tied too, but that’s the fun of it!