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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
Classic fiction
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
Book 1 of the Mrs. Piggle Wiggle series
128 pages · First published 1947
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle lives in an upside-down house and understands children whose troublesome habits have exhausted their parents. She offers fantastical cures for refusing baths, answering back, never putting things away, and other familiar behaviors. Each episode exaggerates a habit until its consequences become impossible for the child to ignore. Betty MacDonald’s classic children’s book turns parental frustration into comic fantasy, with independent stories that make bad habits ridiculous rather than treating children themselves as bad.
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Unusual and sometimes harsh/comically extreme behavioral 'cures' for children, including deliberate natural consequences and magical/common-sense punishments; childhood misbehavior; no romantic or sexual content.
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Classic Hot Cocoa
Velvety chocolate suits a little enchantment and an escape from the everyday.
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- Whisk the cocoa and sweetener into the hot liquid until smooth. Add remaining flavorings, heat until steaming, and pour into a mug. Add any listed topping.
- Garnish: As listed.
- Glassware: Mug.
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Second-Pour Merlot
For adults of legal drinking age. Please drink responsibly.
A slow-sipping glass of wine suits a little enchantment and an escape from the everyday.
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- Pour merlot into an appropriate wine glass and serve at the recommended temperature.
- Garnish: None.
- Glassware: Wine glass.
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