Piggie Pie! is the second book by Margie Palatini that I have tried, following upon her Aesopic adaptation, Lousy Rotten Stinkin' Grapes, and it confirms my initial impression that here is a picture-book author whose sense of humor I can really appreciate! With an exuberantly villainous witch - brilliantly depicted in Howard Fine's pastel illustrations - an amusing turning of the tables by some very smart pigs, and a rather sharp ending involving a Wolf, there is much here to entertain the young reader/listener. But her eager "declaration of war" - she writes "Surrender Piggies!" in the sky with her broom - alerts her porcine prey, who turn out to be a little too clever for her.
Turning (naturally) to the yellow pages, Gritch discovers a listing for Old MacDonald's Farm, and sets off immediately. Now Howard divides his time between his two careers: dentistry and illustration, both of which bring lots of smiles.When Gritch the Witch wakes up one day, she is simply famished, and only Piggie Pie will do! Unfortunately, she has no little pink piggies on hand. He got the chance to illustrate Margie Palatini's hilarious picture book, PIGGIE PIE, which became a bestseller. After attending the Philadelphia College of Art and working in advertising, and just before studying anatomy, physiology, and other things dentists need to know, Howard was pulled back again by the lure of art. With a plan to become a doctor or dentist, Howard went to Bucknell, where his future career came full circle when he rediscovered his love of art.
Perhaps a career in the medical field was a better choice. Howard Fine began drawing at the age of two, although as he grew up, he wondered if he should turn his attention toward more practical endeavors, like making it in the NBA (a plan that lasted until his freshman year of high school). Despite repeated difficulties, a large ape tries various approaches to selling Ape-On Cosmetics and his persistence pays off in an unexpected way
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