Thursday, November 24, 2016

The Three Pigs

 Wiesner, D. (2001). The Three Pigs. New York, NY: Clarion Books. 

A book with a twist! It starts with a typical story about the three little pigs and how the wolf huffs and puffs and tries to bring their houses down. However, the wolf blew the pigs out of the story! Then the story continues with the three little pigs out of the story and walking around through the pages. They start playing with the pages and move on to a nursery rhymes. Then they go into a dragon story, in which the pigs help the dragon get out of the story as well. Then the arrange the papers back in order and the dragon helps them defeat the wolf. 


This fantasy book takes you outside the book, literary. The author puts a twist into the story of the three little pigs. The story is begins as a fiction and then changes into fantasy when the pigs are blown out of the story pages. The characters play their role and take you along their journey.



Recommended books: The Three Little Pigs, Three Little Pigs, and The Three Little Pigs and The Big Bad Wolf

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