Mrs. Pig's Night Out describes a mother pig who leaves her children with their dad for the night so she can enjoy an evening with her friends. However, once she leaves, Mr. Pig falls asleep and the kids make the house a mess. The illustrations were phenomenal and truly captured the image that I would want to see while I was reading the words on a particular page. It kind of reminded me of Goldilocks and the Three Bears because they had a Big Piggy, Middle Piggy, and Little Piggy.
I quickly noticed that when Big Piggy wanted to watch Pig Parade on TV he used a persuasive technique that I find common in children. He said “mom always lets me watch it.” How can you say no to that? What if they are telling the truth? What do you do if it’s past their bedtime and the show’s on? What if they are lying? If you are the dad, you would most often want to be consistent with your parenting between the two of you. If mom does usually let Big Piggy watch Pig Parade then you would probably say yes. On the other hand, if the child is lying, you wouldn’t know that so you probably would take a chance and let them watch it, just in case. More time than not, the child wins and has officially manipulated you to staying up later than their bedtime or watching a show mom never said they could watch.
It was a very relatable story to real life families. I was engaged in the book from the beginning to the end. It was cute and quite funny. I actually found myself laughing out loud when Mrs. Pig came home. Mr. Pig tried to hide all the craziness that went on while she was gone. You could tell when Mrs. Pig got home she knew what had happened but acted as if she was oblivious to everything. There were pictures the children drew of Mr. Pig sleeping, the kids didn’t brush their teeth, they never changed out of their clothes, and Little Piggy wasn’t tucked in. In the end, I was left with the message that moms have eyes everywhere and they always know.
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