THE PIGS' WEDDING

by Helme Heine ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 9, 1979

Dripping with coy whimsy, these are the perfectly asinine goings-on associated with Porker and Curlytail's wedding. Porker sends out invitations by smoke signal (cute?), he hoses down his guests when bride Curlytail complains of their smell, he paints clothes on them (underwear first) to prepare for the wedding pictures, and when a rainstorm washes off their finery everyone runs and jumps in the ""delicious oozy black mud."" Each of these moves is applauded as a ""wonderful idea"" of Porker's, and he has another--painting a beautiful four-poster bed for newlywed cuddling in the stable. There's a foolish, fleshy humor to Heine's assembled pigs, but otherwise his smudgy watercolors lack interest--most are groupings arranged, as it were, for the camera, with no variety, no background, no flow. And the story is insultingly waggish.

Pub Date: March 9, 1979

ISBN: 000367472X

Page Count: -

Publisher: Atheneum (Margaret K. McElderry)

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1979

Categories: CHILDREN'S