The Adventures of Nanny Piggins written by Spratt 239 pages

This should not replace Mary Poppins, but it is a jolly companion story about another unconventional caretaker of children. Their father is too cheap to advertise when they are left by their last nanny. While he is not immediately smitten with her, his kids are waiting, breathless to find out what will happen next. She is piggishly devoted to chocolate; her culinary talents are not really up to mark, because she is actually on the run from a circus owner. This would make a marvelous read aloud at bedtime or in the classroom.