Mr and Mrs Pig's Evening Out

by Mary Rayner

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689305303
• ISBN13: 9780689305306
• Release Date: July 1976
• Publisher: Atheneum Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.6" x 10.7"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Censorship!!!

I ordered and received a paperback version of Mr and Mrs Pig’s Evening Out. It turned out to be an abridged version that omits the funny, though despicable, song mrs wolf sings to herself. As best I can remember the original book, this is the only text omitted! Was it deemed inappropriate? Too gruesome? If so, that’s not incorrect. The song IS kinda gross and scary to think about her dicing up poor little Garth to cook and eat him. But to those of us who grew up aware that life deals some unpleasant realities, taking the song out RUINED the whole book! I’m sending it back and waiting for an original, hardcover and unabridged version!

A weird babysitter

Just imagine if a pig hired a wolf to take care of her children. What would happen? The mother pig was so out of it that she didn't see that the babysitter had a long furry tail and sharp teeth. Children from the ages of 5 to 10 would like this book. The pictures are funny and detailed. I give this book 5 stars!

One of my children's all-time favorite books

I was looking for some of my favorite picture books of all time, and I was SO saddened to see that this book is "out of print - limited availability"! My children are in their late teens and early 20's and this is probably one of the books they enjoyed the most when they were little! I really hope all the books in this series get reprinted! If you can get hold of a copy of this book, buy it while you can! You'll love it! Mr. and Mrs. Pig have their hands full with 10 young piglets and they decide to go out for the evening. They get a sitter from "the agency" and leave the house. The sitter is dressed up like a woman, but your children will see that she is indeed a WOLF! Yes, a wolf babysitting for the piglets! After she gets them to bed, she preheats the oven and decides to try to catch Garth, the youngest pig. While this may sound like a very frightening book, your kids will love it! The antics of the pigs as they save their brother Garth and send the babysitter packing will keep you laughing. Please also look for Garth Pig and the Ice Cream Lady where the pigs send Garth out to get ice cream from the ice cream vendor who - you guessed it - turns out to be a wolf! The story ends happily ever after, but not before Garth goes for a terrifying ride in the ice cream truck and the other pigs use their ingenuity to outsmart the Ice Cream Lady.