Otter-Barry books ISBN 9781910959992 £11.99
Mr and Mrs Tati are happily married, but Mrs Tati is sad because she would like a baby. Mr Tati visits a Baby Shop and is disappointed to find he cannot purchase a baby. Then he sees a man selling baby pigs and buys one for his wife. Mrs Tati is thrilled. They call him Potter, and raise him as their baby boy. Eventually Potter is old enough to start school, but the headmistress will not accept a pig as a pupil. Mr and Mrs Tati realise they have made a mistake trying to turn a little pig into a boy. Instead of school, Potter plays in mud and sleeps in straw, except at weekends when he has a bubble bath, puts on fancy pyjamas and sleeps in bed with the Tatis. When Potter is fast asleep, Mrs Tati says she wishes all three of them were all the same. When she wakes up, there is a wonderful surprise. Mr and Mrs Tati have become pigs! The book has delightful illustrations and is funny, engaging, and thought-provoking. Highly recommended for early years.
Brenda Marshall, SATIPS Council