Illus. in full color. "Mr. Piggott and his sons are a male
chauvinist lot who, outside of yelling for their dinner, don''t
exercise themselves much around the house. When Mrs. Piggott
finally tires of the endless chores that sandwich her workday, she
leaves the menfolk on their own, with a note saying, ''You are
pigs.'' With the cooking and housework untended, they soon turn
genuinely porcine, a transformation Browne foreshadows with pig
faces on the wallpaper, vases, fireplace, phone. As in most of
Browne''s art, there is more than a touch of irony and visual humor
here. Fun to read aloud."
關於作者:
Anthony Browne is rightly regarded as one of the world''s leading
picturebook creators. He lives in England with his wife and two
children. He has won awards in many countries, including the Kate
Greenaway Medal of England for GORILLA and ZOO, and the Kurt
Maschler Award of Germany for GORILLA. His inspiration for GORILLA
came from a combination of things -- a greeting card he''d designed
of a huge macho gorilla holding a teddy bear, a very lonely boy he
knew whose father lived in New Zealand, his own fascination with
gorillas. The behavior of a real family provided the idea for
PIGGYBOOK not his own, however! When the book was completed, he
presented the family with a copy, without comment. But they didn''t
see any relevance to themselves!