The charm in this children’s picture book is just that –in the pictures. Illustrator Barbara McClintock has created drawings of a by-gone time that tie in perfectly with the story and give the eye something beautiful to look at on every page. Aunt Pitty Patty has a pretty preposterous problem. She has purchased a piggy, a stubborn sow, who will not be good and go through the gate. Her niece Nelly has agreed to help, but she can’t budge the pudgy pig either. She decides to send up an S.O.S. to spur on the surly sow. First Nelly comes to … Continue reading →