Mr. Piggott and his sons are a male chauvinist lot who outside of yelling fortheir dinner dont exercise themselves much around the house. When Mrs.Piggott final... » 

Mr. Piggott and his sons are a male chauvinist lot who outside of yelling fortheir dinner dont exercise themselves much around the house. When Mrs.Piggott finally tires of the endless chores . . . she leaves the menfolk ontheir own with a note saying You are pigs. . . . As in most of Brownesart there is more than a touch of irony and visual humor here. Fun to readaloud.Bulletin of the Center for Childrens Books.rade Book in the Field ofSocial Studies. «