I have read this book too my children and my son's kindergarten class... The message to us, is not about magic it's about being able to have anything you could possibly wish for and being totally content to just have each other. Your family. Love. Those are things they figured out, whichever way, are priceless and cannot be bought or even magically summoned.
The message is timeless. The content all too real.
The police men depicted as pigs is kind of hilarious, albeit all of the characters are animals.
If you have not read the story, I suggest it. Every human could take this theme to heart and be no worse from it. God bless!