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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic
Fantasy
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic
Book 2 of the Mrs. Piggle Wiggle series
192 pages · First published 1949
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle returns with magical cures for children whose bad habits have defeated ordinary parental strategies. Selfishness, messiness, tattling, interrupting, and other familiar childhood problems are treated with remedies that exaggerate the behavior until the child can finally see it clearly. The episodes function independently, each combining domestic comedy with a fantastical solution. Betty MacDonald’s children’s classic is playful rather than realistic parenting advice, offering humorous wish fulfillment for families who have ever imagined that a stubborn habit might be cured by a little impossible magic.
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