Hogwash! by Karma Wilson and illustrated by Jim McMullan (Little, Brown, June 2011) is a silly book about a farmer who wants to give the pigs a bath. With Karma Wilson’s signature rhyming style (as in Bear Snores On and The Cow Loves Cookies), she brings a silly farm to life with humor. To my son’s delight, by the end, the farmer decides to play in the mud too.
There is nothing serious here: it is pure entertainment. The illustrations are, appropriately, done in watercolor. A perfect way to capture bath day – or, more accurately, what was supposed to be bath day.
