Back when Polaroid meant something

"If You Give A Pig A Pancake", Illustrated by Felicia Bond, Published by Harper Collins

There are a whole raft of books in the "If You Give" series. Written by Laura Numeroff and illustrated by Felicia Bond, the series includes, "If You Give A Mouse A Cookie", "If You Give A Moose A Muffin", "If You Take A Mouse To The Movies", "If You Take A Mouse To School", "If You Give A Pig A Party" and "If You Give A Pig A Pancake".

The illustration above is from the book, "If You Give A Pig A Pancake". The book was published in 1998. It tells the tale of pig who comes for a visit and makes a set of requests. One is, "Then she'll want you to take her picture."

And the Polaroid image is so iconic that is unmistakable as the requested "picture". And so it was in 1998, in those days before digital cameras took over the world of photography.

But does the look of a Polaroid photograph mean anything to children these days? Or perhaps it is one of those things that will mean something to the parents, but not to the children. (Not unlike a good number of the references in Sesame Street.)