Nanny Piggins and the runaway lion by R.A. Spratt
Random House, 2010. ISBN: 9781864719710.
Sarah Piggins is the total antithesis of perhaps the best known nanny
in literature, Mary Poppins. Where Mary Poppins would have encouraged
her charges to abide by the rules and display 'right and proper
behavior' in every instance, Nanny Piggins is always ready to bend the
rules as long as there is cake or chocolate to resolve the situation.
Although the children in her care are occasionally filled with a sense
of dread over events, she would be the nanny of every child's dreams as
she puts fun and sweets before her sense of duty or obligations. The
children's father, the vague and disinterested Mr. Green, proves to be
easily fooled and, in one chapter, acts as a staff member in his own
household, serving chocolate breakfasts to the guests at 'Nanny
Piggins' B&B&S&C&C&MC' (Bed & Breakfast &
Show & Cake & Chocolate & More Chocolate) establishment.
This is the third title in the Nanny Piggins series and continues to
provide as much humour and amusement as the previous books. The fact
that the type is double spaced makes it an easy read for younger
children yet it contains sufficient humour at an adult level to make it
appeal to virtually any age.
Jo Schenkel, Pilgrim School