These books are truly strange, but I could probably develop a liking for them. This one, while still somewhat disturbing, in particular in Mrs. Pig being so stoic about one of her youngest piglets running off to get ice cream all by himself (but then, what do you do when you have ten children at your charge), it's already slightly better than the horrendous [b:Mr and Mrs Pig's Evening Out|3047897|Mr and Mrs Pig's Evening Out|Mary Rayner|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1328044816s/3047897.jpg|3078688]. If you're waiting to have the conversation about not-trusting-strangers with your child, this might be an opportunity to open that one up. In fact, you will kind of need to ... ( )

This book is a great book to teach children the safty of talking to strangers. I love that it uses the pigs and a wolf because it reminds you of The Three Little Pigs. The main part I would focus the most on would be where Garth the pig gets into the ice cream truck to look at the ice cream. I would use this in a lesson on trusting a stranger. Another good point to use would be how close the pigs are to each other. This too would be a good lesson to teach on how to rely on one and another. I just love how this book brought a fariy tale and a lesson all in one.

When Garth Pig tries to buy ice cream, he is kidnapped by Mrs. Wolf, driver of the ice cream truck.