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Title: The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas, Helen Oxenbury ISBN: 0-689-81528-X Publisher: Aladdin Library Pub. Date: 01 April, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.68 (37 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: hysterical new twist on an old theme
Comment: I was looking at this book in our school library when a fellow teacher leaned over my shoulder, read the title, and said, "Oh, no! I bet this one is hysterical!"
She was right.
The obvious role-reversal of Wolf and Pig in the retelling of this old classic is sure to make any child giggle even before the book is opened. Once you DO start reading it, stand back! Three cuddly little wolves are sent by their mother out into the world to make their way (mom is painting her nails black and has curlers in her hair and tail--a very nice touch!). The three wolves, in a departure from the original tale, borrow some bricks from a passing kangaroo and build a sturdy brick house.
All goes well and they're out in the garden playing croquet when the Big, Bad Pig comes sauntering along. The wolves hid inside, won't let him in, and the Big Bad Pig tries to blow the house down.
He cant, of course. The house is brick! But, "the pig wasn't called big and bad for nothing. He went and fetched his sledgehammer and knocked the house down." The illustrations by Ms. Oxenbury of the pig smashing the walls with a hammer while the wolves flee through a window is worth the cost of the book alone. But, wait! There's MORE!
They build a succession of stronger houses, each which is demolished by the pig (he uses a pneumatic hammer and dynamite). Only when they try to change their tactics and make a house of FLOWERS does the pig change his ways and see how destructive and obnoxious he was.
This is a marvelous book, and no mistake. There are probably a good 200 versions of the Three Little Pigs, many of which end with the grisly death of the wolf. In the Three Little Wolves, not only is the reader immediately hooked on the role reversal of wolf and pig, but the text and illustrations are simply hysterical and the peaceful ending make it far more enjoyable than the original fable. This is a book that should be in everyone's library!!
Rating: 5
Summary: Exquisite!
Comment: My mother in law has long been animatedly telling my three yr old the story of the three little pigs whenever we're stuck in the car for a while-- and he loved every minute of it, every time. My husband and I were already big fans of Helen Oxenbury (Check out "We're Going On a Bear Hunt")-- so when we saw this, we were sold. But we had no idea we'd instantly love it *this* much. Other reviewers have given away it's secrets--suffice it to say that I was not expecting the pig to pull out a drill, or the wolves to refer to all the tea leaves in thier china tea pot! I'm more than willing to read it to my son again and again-- and that's saying a lot for a children's book. I'm online right now getting it for my neice who will be one in 3 days-- but I'm really getting it for my brother ;o)
Rating: 5
Summary: A wolf-friendly revision!
Comment: As a kid, I loved wolves and hated the Three Little Pigs. So this funny, wolf-friendly revision of the creepy old classic really tickles me! It begins with Mama Wolf sending her doting pups off into the wide world with the warning: "Beware of the Big Bad Pig!" Keeping Mama's message in mind, the trio decides to build a strong house for protection from the boorish boar. The three fluffy, friendly, refined little wolves are never named, but I like to call them Frasier, Niles, and Daphne. The pig, a burly bully of a construction-worker, could be named Brutus. Safe in the yard of their new brick home, the little wolves play a spirited game of squash. Suddenly the swaggering swine shows up! In a reversal of the original tale, the Big Bad Pig pounds on the wolves' door and demands to come in, while they quaver, "Not by the hair on our chinny-chin-chins!" Then, using his construction hardware, the pig destroys the brick house, and the wolves flee with their fluffy tails between their legs! As the three little wolves build progressively massive fortresses, the big bad pig employs heavy ground-breaking and demolitions equipment to smash them to rubble. At last, the little wolves have no materials left with which to build, except -- ah, but I'm not going to give away the surprise! Let's just say, the ending is a lot sweeter than the original. No one gets boiled alive or devoured, and the the classic adversaries even become friends. Kids and parents will love the beautiful artwork and the silliness of the story, although the ending might seem just a bit too saccharine after all the destruction and mayhem.
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Title: The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith, A. Wolf ISBN: 0140544518 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: March, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Goldilocks and the Three Bears/Bears Should Share! (Another Point of View) by Alvin Granowsky, Lyn Martin, Anne Lunsford ISBN: 0811466345 Publisher: Steck-Vaughn Company Pub. Date: May, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.20 |
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Title: Giants Have Feelings, Too/Jack and the Beanstalk (Another Point of View) by Alvin, Dr. Grawowsky, Henry Buerchkholtz, Alvin Granowsky, Linda Dockey Graves ISBN: 0811466361 Publisher: Steck-Vaughn Company Pub. Date: October, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.20 |
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Title: The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith ISBN: 0670035696 Publisher: Viking Childrens Books Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: The Three Little Javelinas by Susan Lowell, Jim Harris ISBN: 0873585429 Publisher: Rising Moon Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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