The Princess and the Pig by Johnathan Emmett and Poly Bernatene

This is a book I picked at the library without seeing anything more than the title on the spine.  I was in a hurry because both children are now walking, and neither wants to sit still.  The title sounded good, the cover looked good, and there aren't so many words per page that my kids will get bored.  We love this book.

We've ordered not just a copy for ourselves but two more to give as gifts.  It's a cute story, I would like my children to learn or think about the lesson, and there are several parts that flat out make my children laugh.

There are a few lessons in this story.  The first (and blindingly obvious) is that one doesn't need money to be happy in life.  There's a message about believing everything you read, and when the princess is mixed up with a piglet the characters attempt to explain what happened referencing fairy tales of old.  There is another message about the ridiculous things we will believe because they validate our status in society or our world view, but this is a children's book and I may be reading into it too much.  Maybe not.