Synopsis
As the students at school become more rude and rowdy, their hands turn into hooves and their noses turn into snouts! Tthe Pig Lady is called in and recognizes the problem. With her help, the children begin to recall and recite proper manners.
School Library Journal
K-Gr 2-"On Monday, Mrs. Hubbub's class was getting out of line. She told them to behave or they would all turn into swine." But unlike Pinocchio and the boys who follow Candlewick to Funland and turn into donkeys, these children are able to return to themselves when they eventually learn some etiquette. It's Pig Lady to the rescue: she gently chides them that their dilemma is the result of their forgotten manners. In short, they have gone "hog-wild." Next she gets down to business and teaches them what they need to know to get on in the world. Tails disappear, ears shrink back to small, and Pig Lady moves on to the next school. Comical, cartoon-style illustrations similar in mood and tone to the pictures in Bloom's The Bus for Us (Boyds Mills, 2001) add to the fun of the humorous, rhymed, if somewhat didactic text.-Doris Gebel, Northport-East Northport Public Library, NY Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.