The Tale of Pigling Bland

By Beatrix Potter

Book Overview

The Tale of Pigling Bland was published the year the Beatrix Potter was married and settled down to farming life for good. She had already been keeping pigs and she sketched them for this story, using her own farmyard as the setting. One little black pig was a household pet and features as the "perfectly lovely" Pig-wig who runs away with Pigling Bland. The Tale of Pigling Bland is number fifteen in Beatrix Potter's series of 23 little books, the titles of which are as follows: 1. The Tale of Peter Rabbit 2. The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin 3. The Tailor of Gloucester 4. The Tale of Benjamin Bunny 5. The Tale of Two Bad Mice 6. The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle 7. The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher 8. The Tale of Tom Kitten 9. The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck 10. The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies 11. The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse 12. The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes 13. The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse 14. The Tale of Mr. Tod 15. The Tale of Pigling Bland 16. The Tale of Samuel Whiskers 17. The Tale of The Pie and the Patty-Pan 18. The Tale of Ginger and Pickles 19. The Tale of Little Pig Robinson 20. The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit 21. The Story of Miss Moppet 22. Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes 23. Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0723247846
• ISBN13: 9780723247845
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Warne Frederick & Company
• Length: 82 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.1" x 5.9"
• Age Range: 3 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Recommended to all Beatrix Potter fans!

Poor old Aunt Pettitoes cannot afford to feed all eight of her piglet offspring, and so she sends seven of them out into the world. Pigling Bland is going to market, to find a job with a farmer when he gets lost and meets a strange old man. Keeping his wits about him, Pigling Bland succeeds in escaping from the old man, along with the beautiful young Pig-wig. This cute little book was written and illustrated by the great Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) in 1913. The story itself is somewhat confusing as the author did not make clear what was going on with licenses and county boundaries, and what ultimately happened to Pigling Bland and Pig-wig. But, remembering that Ms. Potter was trying to use familiar animals to tell stories to the young children of her time, you can see what the ultimate idea of the story was - keeping your head, and navigating through a dangerous world Overall, I would say that this is not one of Ms. Potter's best works, but it is still an entertaining and silly little story. I recommend this book to all Beatrix Potter fans!

Good sense and peppermints

"'Bacon and eggs, bacon and eggs!' clucked a hen on a perch." Pigling Bland faces a wicked, dangerous world,but good sense, resourcefulness and peppermints... No, I won't spoil a classic 1913 Beatrix Potter story for you. To be read out loud in a quiet, old-fashioned voice by the fireside on a winter's evening, savouring the sonorous words and inimitable watercolour illustrations. There's even some love interest. Ideal for the 4-8 age group and older.