What do you think?
Rate this book
Piglette
Will a pristine piglet find perfection in Paris?
Piglette can be a bit particular by her siblings' standards. She always wants everything to be perfect. While her many brothers and sisters like rolling in the mud, Piglette prefers pampering in a mud bath. While her siblings eat slop, Piglette prefers pastries. But what she's most passionate about is flowers. She loves to smell the lilies and lilacs in the pasture. So Piglette decides her precise nose is destined for the perfume shops of Paris!
But Piglette soon realizes that there's nothing more precious than the pleasant scents of home, and she finds a way to bring a little Parisian perfection back where she belongs. Debut author Kateyln Aronson and #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator Eva Byrne have created an unforgettable, playful piglet who stays true to herself and the message that home is where the heart is.
Piglette can be a bit particular by her siblings' standards. She always wants everything to be perfect. While her many brothers and sisters like rolling in the mud, Piglette prefers pampering in a mud bath. While her siblings eat slop, Piglette prefers pastries. But what she's most passionate about is flowers. She loves to smell the lilies and lilacs in the pasture. So Piglette decides her precise nose is destined for the perfume shops of Paris!
But Piglette soon realizes that there's nothing more precious than the pleasant scents of home, and she finds a way to bring a little Parisian perfection back where she belongs. Debut author Kateyln Aronson and #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator Eva Byrne have created an unforgettable, playful piglet who stays true to herself and the message that home is where the heart is.
40 pages, Hardcover
First published May 26, 2020
1 person is currently reading
125 people want to read
About the author
Katelyn Aronson
10 books53 followersKatelyn Aronson grew up in Southern California, where she went on to work in independent children's bookshops as a handseller, manager, and purchaser.
She won her first trip to Paris in a bookstore window display contest, and the rest was history. She moved to France permanently a few years later.
She has a degree in Liberal Arts, a degree in Language Didactics, and a bilingual Master’s in English/French from La Sorbonne University, Paris. Today, she lives between France and Switzerland and works as a bilingual language instructor.
She has 8 children's books in the publishing pipeline, as well as poems published in various children's magazines.
She won her first trip to Paris in a bookstore window display contest, and the rest was history. She moved to France permanently a few years later.
She has a degree in Liberal Arts, a degree in Language Didactics, and a bilingual Master’s in English/French from La Sorbonne University, Paris. Today, she lives between France and Switzerland and works as a bilingual language instructor.
She has 8 children's books in the publishing pipeline, as well as poems published in various children's magazines.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 30 of 96 reviews
January 14, 2020
How adorable is this book?! But don't let the frilly dresses and face masks fool you -- Piglette may like the finer things outside the slop pit, but she's not afraid of adventure and hard work. I totally relate to Piglette, an entrepreneurial country pig with big-city dreams who follows her heart to find her passion. That she ultimately realizes her heart can be just as content at home doesn't take away from this risk-taking pig's admirable inner strength to close her ears to the naysayers and forge her own path. And good for her that she does it all with a splash of glitter. I also love that we get an extra touch of ooh-la-la with the book's Paris setting, which the illustrations capture so charmingly. And Aronson's language is pig perfect! Besides being a master class in doing alliteration right, the story is engaging and the text is just plain fun to read aloud. I hope the future holds more adventures from Aronson's intrepid little pig.
September 20, 2020
Piglette is the seventh piglet born on a farm in France. She doesn't like the piggish things her siblings do, however. She's a lot more... well, refined. The first chance she gets, she leaves for Paris, where she lives a glamorous life working for a perfumery. Everything is great... for a while. But soon the city loses its lustre and Piglette longs for the countryside. When she returns home, though, she misses the city. Will she be able to bring together the two places that she loves?
I'm not sure why I didn't love this one more. The illustrations are adorable and the text is fairly strong. Maybe I'm just picking up on Piglette's indecision and uncertainty. She spends the book trying to figure out where, exactly, she belongs... and by the end, I'm not convinced that she knows.
Overall, this is a cute picture book. Lovers of pig fiction will eat it up.
I'm not sure why I didn't love this one more. The illustrations are adorable and the text is fairly strong. Maybe I'm just picking up on Piglette's indecision and uncertainty. She spends the book trying to figure out where, exactly, she belongs... and by the end, I'm not convinced that she knows.
Overall, this is a cute picture book. Lovers of pig fiction will eat it up.
December 8, 2020
Piglette grows up on a farm, but the farm is not a good fit for Piglette. Off she goes to Paris and she begins work in a perfume shop, work she loves. But still she misses her family back on the farm....
Paris! Bonus points for that and for the clever alliteration of the story.
Paris! Bonus points for that and for the clever alliteration of the story.
April 20, 2020
Et voila - Perfection! We loved this book in our house. Between the fun alliteration and all of the sensory prompts, our favorite message of all in this book is that there is always a way to integrate and honor everything you love. With a bit of playful creativity, courage, and fun, Piglette is a perfectly pleasing and precious read! Thank you Ms. Aronson. PS. The illustrations are perfect too!
January 26, 2020
A darling story about finding (and making) your home. Piglette starts off seeking a home away from home, successfully finding her "home" in Paris. And yet... it wasn't quite complete. Upon her return to her old pastures, she also finds "home." And yet... that too isn't quite complete. Astute and creative, Piglette finds a way to bridge her two homes and connect all the things she loves in one place.
Piglette's dilemma echoes the struggles of many of us who have lived abroad and tried to make our "homes" in many places, never quite finding the one that captures everything we need.
As an added bonus, the story is full of delightful word play and alliteration. The artwork is lovely and whimsical. This story is a delight to read!
Piglette's dilemma echoes the struggles of many of us who have lived abroad and tried to make our "homes" in many places, never quite finding the one that captures everything we need.
As an added bonus, the story is full of delightful word play and alliteration. The artwork is lovely and whimsical. This story is a delight to read!
Read
July 2, 2020Part Fancy Nancy, part Olivia, Piglette is a pig exploring her options. Not one for the rough and tumble country farm life, Piglette soon heads for the city of Paris where she discovers her talents as a parfumeuse. But when the city starts to feel stifling and she starts to miss her brothers and sisters, she realizes that she must find a way to combine all the things she loves. This book is adorable and would make a fun (if a bit long, perhaps) storytime choice. Include it when talking about country and city, the letter P (so many p-words throughout the story), pigs, or Paris.
February 28, 2020
Perfection. Piglette is everything I want to see and feel when reading a children's picture book. Delightful illustrations. Wordplay. Tug on the heartstrings. Humor. Wonder. Delight. Piglette believes she doesn't fit in with her family, follows her heart (and snout) to Paris where she finds acclaim and also misses the loved ones left behind, then returns home with a newfound appreciation for her origins and herself. Absolutely divine.
June 18, 2020
Piglette is perfection! This confection of a book has it all - a main character with a mind (and nose) of her own, a taste for the finer things combined with the love of family and the familiar. How she finds a way to blend those two tendencies is the heart of this story, adorably and beautifully illustrated by Eva Byrne.
August 2, 2020
The illustrations were precious and I loved that Piglette found a way to follow her dream while bring true to her roots.
August 19, 2020
One of these pigs is not like the others. The youngest, Piglette, yearns for more than the simple farm life of her family and sets off to the city to discover a larger world view. She loves it there and finds herself drawn to a perfumerie where the shop owner welcomes her to the staff and she makes friends with the fashionable elite. Piglette developes a fine nose for delicate scents and enjoys the joie de vivre of city life. However, she misses her home and family. She packs up and returns to the farm where she is greeted warmly by her family. Something still seems to be missing, so she throws an elaborate party and introduces both family and friends to the best of both worlds--and finds herself truly home at last.
The theme of merging elements into one complete whole mixed with bright illustrations makes this story special. It is charming that the mixing of scents is Piglette's great ability and that this special gift weaves into her life so that she is able to blend the elements of family and friends, country and city, and personal preferences to create a sophisticated sense of self that is at home and welcoming in any environment. Piglette exemplifies the search for self and a sense of home in positive terms that children and adults can easily understand. The illustrations enhance the uplifting message using saturated, cheerful hues and enchanting environments that put a reader in the french countryside and into the heart of a fanciful Paris. This is a wonderful book to help one find the courage to be oneself in a way that is fulfilling and unifying. Often the search for self leads to isolation, but not for this chipper little pig. High marks to this sweet little curly tale.
The theme of merging elements into one complete whole mixed with bright illustrations makes this story special. It is charming that the mixing of scents is Piglette's great ability and that this special gift weaves into her life so that she is able to blend the elements of family and friends, country and city, and personal preferences to create a sophisticated sense of self that is at home and welcoming in any environment. Piglette exemplifies the search for self and a sense of home in positive terms that children and adults can easily understand. The illustrations enhance the uplifting message using saturated, cheerful hues and enchanting environments that put a reader in the french countryside and into the heart of a fanciful Paris. This is a wonderful book to help one find the courage to be oneself in a way that is fulfilling and unifying. Often the search for self leads to isolation, but not for this chipper little pig. High marks to this sweet little curly tale.
May 22, 2020
Uh-oh, I thought. This book looks too pink, too frilly. And with the main character obsessed with floral scents, I'm not sure if I'm going to make it through.
Boy, was I wrong. Piglette's journey is lively, sweet, and full of alliteration that makes for great 'guess-what's-coming-next' interactive reading (the author uses every p word you can imagine exCEPT princess).
Despite having a mom who insists she's perfection, Piglette prefers flowers to slop and mud. Teased for her love of all things sweet smelling, she follows her snout to Paris, where she has a kind of post-grad moment of ennui - Who should she be? Well, of course she should work in a parfumerie. Which is great, for a time. For then the question becomes, where should she be? The stinky city, or the florid country?
Without giving anything away, I'll just say I thoroughly enjoyed rooting for Piglette as she figures out how to be her best self, pink frills, peonies and all.
Boy, was I wrong. Piglette's journey is lively, sweet, and full of alliteration that makes for great 'guess-what's-coming-next' interactive reading (the author uses every p word you can imagine exCEPT princess).
Despite having a mom who insists she's perfection, Piglette prefers flowers to slop and mud. Teased for her love of all things sweet smelling, she follows her snout to Paris, where she has a kind of post-grad moment of ennui - Who should she be? Well, of course she should work in a parfumerie. Which is great, for a time. For then the question becomes, where should she be? The stinky city, or the florid country?
Without giving anything away, I'll just say I thoroughly enjoyed rooting for Piglette as she figures out how to be her best self, pink frills, peonies and all.
October 18, 2020
Sweet, little Piglette was the seventh child in her country family. She seemed unusual to her family with her curiosity and need to explore. One day she packed up and parted for Paris where she did all the fancy things she couldn't do in the country. But eventually, she knew she had to return home to be with her beloved family. Of course, Piglette discovered a way to have the best of both worlds to entertain both her city friends and her country family. Very cute!
There are lots of "p" words in this book, so it would be a nice addition to any Kindergarten unit on the letter P. This one may also be a cute book to add to your list of "graduation gift" ideas since it's about venturing out into the world, but always returning home.
For more children's literature, middle grade literature, and YA literature reviews, feel free to visit my personal blog at The Miller Memo!
There are lots of "p" words in this book, so it would be a nice addition to any Kindergarten unit on the letter P. This one may also be a cute book to add to your list of "graduation gift" ideas since it's about venturing out into the world, but always returning home.
For more children's literature, middle grade literature, and YA literature reviews, feel free to visit my personal blog at The Miller Memo!
June 23, 2020
For PIGLETTE, the 7the in a litter and the darling of the barnyard, farm life is just a little too—unrefined. So she hitches a ride to Paris and discovers the fragrant world of a perfumery. Here, her heightened sense of smell (thanks to her discerning snout) is valued, and she’s offered a job, catering to fancy clientele. But after a while, Piglette has her fill of city life and begins to long for the simple countryside—and the family she left behind. This charming picture-book portrait of a dainty pig, chock full of playful alliteration and plenty of pleasant “Ps”, is sure to satisfy the most persnickety reader.
May 26, 2020
Absolutely Adorable! Piglette is an absolutely adorable little pig with a sense of adventure and the courage to go after her dreams. Piglette, never satisfied with her farm life, decides to try and find her way in the big city. She has a wonderful time but soon realizes where she belongs and devises a way to bring everything she loves together in one spot. The story is sweet and the illustrations are wonderful. Can we get a t-shirt with Piglette on it please!
April 11, 2020
Ooh la la! Who can resist the lovable (and fashionable) Piglette? This adorable picture book will make you want to pack up and move to France. It beautifully captures both the magic of Parisian city life and the charm of the French countryside. You can practically smell the sweet aroma of flowers as you read.
The poetic text and dynamic illustrations work perfectly in tandem. Eva Byrne's illustration style here seems reminiscent of fashion drawings, which I think suits the story so well. Piglette is sure to be a crowd favorite at storytime.
The poetic text and dynamic illustrations work perfectly in tandem. Eva Byrne's illustration style here seems reminiscent of fashion drawings, which I think suits the story so well. Piglette is sure to be a crowd favorite at storytime.
May 20, 2020
Sick of the farm, Piglette journeys to Paris to find her place in the world. This enticing tale of self-discovery is fresh and inviting, while also exuding a classic quality that makes it equally at home on a shelf next to Madeline or Olivia. Deliberately placed alliteration, occasional internal rhyme, and paced repetition heighten the text of this superbly crafted book. Perfection.
May 20, 2020
Piglette is perfection! Katelyn Aronson's tale of a fancy pig leaving home to find her place in the world is the perfect next book for fans of FANCY NANCY or Kelly DiPucchio's GASTON (one of my personal favorites). Aronson's text is lyrically lovely, full of alliteration and assonance, making it fun to read aloud. And Eva Byrne's illustrations will make you feel like you've been on a vacation to the City of Light. Ohh-la-la.
May 30, 2020
Voila! This story is pure joy bottled up in a perfume bottle. Not only is it a fun book to read aloud (the use of alliteration is frequent and adorable), but it deals with important themes of finding a home that is inclusive and celebratory of unique personalities. I loved the illustrations as well - simply beautiful and delightful with each page turn.
June 2, 2020
I didn't know it was possible to produce so many P words! But this is just one of the many joys of this delightful book about a pig who follows her snout. Piglette loves scents and identifies all the ones in the pasture at her rural home. But she wants more and heads off to Paris where she gets a dream job working at a Perfumerie. Such an entertaining read about Paris, pigs and the value of family. Highly recommended.
October 11, 2020
Piglette is the last in the litter and doesn’t quite fit in with her siblings. While they enjoy everything piggish, Piglette has more particular tastes, enjoys fragrant flowers and feels out of place. Piglette heads to Paris to see if that is where she belongs and soon discovers that home is where the heart is. A brilliant read aloud and an adorable story about belonging, family and embracing our differences.
May 21, 2020
Piglette is a fickle but sweet protagonist in this "grass is always greener" story. I know there's a sequel in the works, and I can just picture a whole series of PIglette books ala Fancy Nancy. The stylized illustrations are adorable and will especially appeal to young Francophiles.
May 22, 2020
Piglette is a truly delightful story. I love characters that are dreamers, and Piglette is brave enough to pursue all of her biggest dreams, whether in Paris or at home. I highly recommend this book for all the little dreamers out there.
May 25, 2020
An irresistible character-driven picture book featuring a pig that is sure to win your heart. Filled with alliteration and gorgeous sensory details that will get you sniffing the floral aromas as you stroll. A lyrical read-aloud infused with fun.
June 16, 2020
Charming and sweet story (without being sugary)! Not only is Piglette GREAT fun to read aloud with its rhythmic alliteration, her journey features a meaningful message, highlighting a common tension between home and individuality and celebrating both in a unexpected way. And the illustrations are gorgeous! This was a big hit in our house and we look forward to reading again!
July 13, 2020
Too adorable for words. Katelyn Aronson has written a perfect picture book that will be enjoyed by all. Love the references to France and the sweet message that reminds us that there's no place like home.
September 19, 2021
Not since OLIVIA has there been a pig with such grand personality in a picture book! Kids often feel like they’re the odd one out and want to find a place where they truly belong, and PIGLETTE’s journey is perfect metaphor for that. Packed with picturesque scenes of Paris, along with the exquisite français feeling of the illustrations, this book is both a delightful read and a feast for the eyes.
May 26, 2020
This book is beyond adorable! A sweet story, perfectly told, and paired with such charming art make this picture book a treasure for any children's library collection!
June 1, 2020
A "practically perfect" piece of prose! I myself adore alliteration, and there is plenty here, along with absolutely adorable illustrations.
Piglette builds a new life as a purveyor of perfumes in Paris, only to realise that, despite all the parties and pastries, she's missing home. She finds a way to create her own perfect blend, as has the publisher in pairing Katelyn Aronson and Eva Byrne in this utterly charming story.
Clever writing and detailed illustrations provide plenty for readers to discover each time they read it. Destined to be a story- and bed-time favourite. Highly recommend.
Piglette builds a new life as a purveyor of perfumes in Paris, only to realise that, despite all the parties and pastries, she's missing home. She finds a way to create her own perfect blend, as has the publisher in pairing Katelyn Aronson and Eva Byrne in this utterly charming story.
Clever writing and detailed illustrations provide plenty for readers to discover each time they read it. Destined to be a story- and bed-time favourite. Highly recommend.
June 9, 2020
“Perhaps I’ve found my place!” Piglette Is a sweet, perfume-loving pig, who searches for her place in life. With fun alliteration and colorful illustrations, PIGLETTE is a darling book!
June 17, 2020
I just adore this adorable book! What a sweet story. Love the alliteration, lovely language, and the beautiful illustrations...perfect. I’m definitely purchasing this one for my grandkids.
Displaying 1 - 30 of 96 reviews