Mary Poppins is probably rolling over in her grave. Nanny Piggins turns logic on its head: up is down, right is left (or is it wrong?), forwards is backwards, and cake is king.

In this second volume of pure absurdity, Nanny Piggins and her three child charges - Derrick, Michael, and Samantha - and Boris the dancing bear (Nanny Piggins' brother, of course) march themselves into one adventure after another. Nanny Piggins breaks into prison (oops!), gets fired from a cannon over Dead Man's Gorge, serves on a jury (watch out, judge!), competes in the Westminster Nanny Show, and acts as headmistress for a day at the children's school. And that's not even the half of it.

Don't worry, there are no lessons to be learned in this book. Well, except that whoever you are, you need to be eating more cake. ( )

How can you not love a nanny who tells her charge: "But you've got all that permanent marker on your arms where I was writing my shopping list on you." It's Nanny Piggins, of course, whose sense of childcare may be unorthodox but has a loving moral core. Second in the series and just as fun. (Although chapter 12's portrayal of gypsies may be of concern for some.) ( )

Another Piggins adventure. similar writing to the first...just didn't hold our attention as well as the first. The novelty had sort of worn off for me. We didn't make it all the way through. ( )

Not nearly as well constructed as the first title in the series but still has laugh-out-loud moments and plenty of absurd silliness. ( )

When Mr Green's wife died he advertised for a nanny to look after his children and was glad to hire Nanny Piggins because (as a pig) she was happy to work for cake. In this second book about Nanny Piggins, Mr Green has decided to get married but the children are horrified at the thought of losing their beloved nanny so resolve to thwart his plan.
This is another hilarious collection of stories. ( )