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The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs
For those who think they know the story of the Three Little Pigs and the Big, Bad Wolf, here it is as they've never heard it before. In this highly acclaimed, laugh-out-loud collaboration between Scieszka and Smith, Alexander T. Wolf tells his side of the incident.
Paperback, 32 pages
Published
March 1st 1996
by Puffin Books
(first published January 1st 1948)
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This book is so freaking awesome! Everybody should read it- now. Just do it. Just eat it. I mean... whatever. BTW, this is Barbara (Seth's sister )writing Seth's review.
Back (this is Barbara pretending to be Seth)in my day, when I was but a wee lad of the tender age of four or five or something, I was introduced to this marvelous, touching, inspiring, novelty of a book. It changed my whole life, introducing me to a whole new outlook on life.
I read this book so many times (okay, ...more
Back (this is Barbara pretending to be Seth)in my day, when I was but a wee lad of the tender age of four or five or something, I was introduced to this marvelous, touching, inspiring, novelty of a book. It changed my whole life, introducing me to a whole new outlook on life.
I read this book so many times (okay, ...more
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The Spanish Outreach Club at Humboldt State University recommended we bring books to a 4th grade Spanish class. As college volunteers, we read picture books to the students. I had read this book before in English but reading a translation is a completely different experience. I didn't realize how much fun I would have until I was in the classroom with the students sitting around me. As I read the book, I would pause so the students could take a moment to understand what I was reading. The teache...more
Summary: This is a spin-off of the original story The Three Little Pigs. Alexander Wolf gets his chance to explain his side of the story. Instead of being an intimidating, evil wolf, he went to his two neighbors (the pig brothers) to borrow a cup of sugar. He had a rather nasty cold and so he ended up sneezing so hard that he blew their houses done. When he went to the third pig's house, the pig refused to open the door and insulted his grandmother. The police came and arrested the wolf an...more
A traditional tale is told from a new point of view in a fun book for elementary readers, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. Jon Scieszka’s version of this well-known folktale gives the wolf a chance to tell his side of the story that left him with the reputation of ‘Big and Bad.’ Illustrations by the unique artist Lane Smith magnify the already wonderful text in this book.
From his jail cell, after being convicted of eating pigs and destruction of property, Alexander T. Wolf...more
From his jail cell, after being convicted of eating pigs and destruction of property, Alexander T. Wolf...more
i LOVOOOVED this book as a kid! LOVED it!
i always did feel that the wolf was painted in a bad light!
i always did feel that the wolf was painted in a bad light!
Did the story of the three little pigs ever seem slightly biased to you? All that huffing and puffing--could one wolf really be so unequivocally evil? Finally, we get to hear the rest of the story, "as told to author Jon Scieszka," straight from the wolf's mouth. As Alexander T. Wolf explains it, the whole Big Bad Wolf thing was just a big misunderstanding. Al Wo...moreDid the story of the three little pigs ever seem slightly biased to you? All that huffing and puffing--could one wolf ...more
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1. Traditional Literature
2. We all know and love the story of the three little pigs. What we don't know is the story of how Alexander T. Wolf came to be known as the evil wolf from the story.
3. a: The strongest element from the story was its ability to bring you into a different insight of the story. The voice of Alexander T. Wolf, shines through the pages of the book. You can see him pleading with the reader to take his side and understand his point of view.
b: The reader i...more
2. We all know and love the story of the three little pigs. What we don't know is the story of how Alexander T. Wolf came to be known as the evil wolf from the story.
3. a: The strongest element from the story was its ability to bring you into a different insight of the story. The voice of Alexander T. Wolf, shines through the pages of the book. You can see him pleading with the reader to take his side and understand his point of view.
b: The reader i...more
This book is a comical rendition of the classic story of the Three Little Pigs. I enjoy the format of this book especially for younger children with short attention spans, because at the beginning the book is set-up like a letter from the big bad wolf. The story is told from the wolf's point of view and it is very different than the original story because the wolf appears to be the victim who was just looking for a cup of sugar and had a few unfortunate events that led him to be the bad guy. Thi...more
**Traditional Literature/Literary Tales
I thought this was a great twist to the original story of the three little pigs. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs is told from the wolf's (Alexander T. Wolf) perspective instead of the three pigs' perspective, which happens to give an interesting story. According to this story, the wolf is completely innocent because all he was trying to do was get a cup of sugar for his grandmother's birthday cake. The pigs in the story come off as rude and ...more
I thought this was a great twist to the original story of the three little pigs. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs is told from the wolf's (Alexander T. Wolf) perspective instead of the three pigs' perspective, which happens to give an interesting story. According to this story, the wolf is completely innocent because all he was trying to do was get a cup of sugar for his grandmother's birthday cake. The pigs in the story come off as rude and ...more
This is one of my favorite fractured fairy tales it is a book about the original story of "The Three Little Pigs" although it is told from a different point of view. Alexander Wolf gets to tell his side of the story, and explain his action really. He shows that he is not this evil, pig killing, mean wolf but realistically only wanted to borrow a cup of sugar. Unfortunately on that particular day he had a nasty horrible cold and was sneezing a up a storm, when he went to go borrow the c...more
Scieska flips the point of view in this clever tale of The True Story of The 3 Little Pigs. His use of second person, in the beginning of the book, involves the reader, when he compares eating pigs to cheeseburgers. The wolf claims that the traditional tale is just a misunderstanding and that he has been framed! One thing I noticed is that the wolf's granny, whom the wolf is making a cake for which causes him to travel to the three pig's homes to find sugar, is the big bad wolf from Little Re...more
Last week for our Fantasy charts our group was to read various versions of the 3 little pigs. I ended up reading this twisted version and really enjoyed it. This "spin off" of the original story is told from the Wolfs perspective instead of the narrator or pigs. Alexander Wolf ("Al") finally gets a chance to explain his side of the story. The book began with him telling us all he wanted to do was bake something for his poor granny. He tried to play off like he wasnt a big, ba...more
Humor! There is a lot of humor in this version of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka. I like the fact that this is the wolf's version of the story. What a clever idea! Old and young readers should always think that there are always different perspectives in each told story and question who is the teller/narrator in each story they read.
In this picture book, the wolf claims he is as innocent as can be. The bad character here is the third little pig. Pig number one and pig number two ...more
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka is The Three Little Pigs story retold from the point of view of the wolf instead of the pigs. This book is showing that the wolf is innocent. It starts off with the wolf explaining that the whole story of the Three Little Pigs is not true and that he will explain what really happened. He goes on telling the story of how all he wanted was a cup of sugar to make a cake for his granny and when he went to each pigs house, the pigs ignored him. ...more
This book is actually one of my favorite children's books that I have read as an adult. I remember reading the three little pigs over and over again as well as hearing it from word of mouth from any one of my family members, and I could even recite it now that I am in college. The first time I read this book was when I was a little older, and then when Mrs. Shaffer read it to us in RDG344, my mind remembered it all. I think that it is a very interesting concept in which the author Jon Scieszka t...more
I picked out The True Story of the Three Little Pigs 10th anniversary book with an update from the wolf because I wanted to know what the author added to the end for the Wolf update. I have read the original version of this book, and adding a new ending renewed my interest in this story. The first thing I noticed about the cover was that there was a cut out in the cover, showing the wolf in jail and an angry pig prison guard watching over him. The back cover was detailed with graffiti arguments ...more
Critique- Picture Book/ Trelease Recommendation
A variation on the classic tale of the three little pigs told from the perspective of the wolf. The wolf’s side of the story leads the reader to believe that he was not the aggressor in the classic tale, but rather a victim of a head cold and unfortunate circumstances. The style of writing in this story is an excellent way to tell a modern variation on a classic story. The language in the book is more modern, and this is important since t...more
A variation on the classic tale of the three little pigs told from the perspective of the wolf. The wolf’s side of the story leads the reader to believe that he was not the aggressor in the classic tale, but rather a victim of a head cold and unfortunate circumstances. The style of writing in this story is an excellent way to tell a modern variation on a classic story. The language in the book is more modern, and this is important since t...more
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The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs is a great read. It is the story of "The Three Little Pigs" from the Big Bad Wolf's perspective. I love how the wolf downplays his role as the villian. I think this would be great read to introduce different perspectives and points-of-view to students. I would read this book to first, second, and third graders. I think that children would enjoy this story because the wolf is a silly character. I think that students will perceive the wolf as silly bec...more
Did the story of the three little pigs ever seem slightly biased to you? All that huffing and puffing--could one wolf really be so unequivocally evil? Finally, we get to hear the rest of the story, "as told to author Jon Scieszka," straight from the wolf's mouth.
WAYS TO USE THE BOOK
DEBATE
Have students read various versions of The Three Little Pigs and assume the roles and respond to questions in character.
WRITE A NEWS STORY
Have students choos...more
WAYS TO USE THE BOOK
DEBATE
Have students read various versions of The Three Little Pigs and assume the roles and respond to questions in character.
WRITE A NEWS STORY
Have students choos...more
Title: The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Author: Jon Scieszka
Illustrator: Lane Smith
Interest Level: K - 3
Grade Level Equivalent: 2.5
Lexile® measure: 570
DRA: 40
Guided Reading: Q
Summary: The big bad wolf has spent ten years in pig prison for the destruction of the three little pigs, and he has quite a story to tell that just might prove his innocence!
Alexander T. Wolf writes his own account of this infamous meeting, and insists...more
Author: Jon Scieszka
Illustrator: Lane Smith
Interest Level: K - 3
Grade Level Equivalent: 2.5
Lexile® measure: 570
DRA: 40
Guided Reading: Q
Summary: The big bad wolf has spent ten years in pig prison for the destruction of the three little pigs, and he has quite a story to tell that just might prove his innocence!
Alexander T. Wolf writes his own account of this infamous meeting, and insists...more
Scieszka, Jon. The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs. New York: Viking Press, 1989.
Genre - Fiction - Metafiction
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs is a meta-fictional retelling of the three little pigs only this time from the wolf's side of the story. Meant to be purely entertaining, the story flips around the old story making the pigs out to be the real rude villains in the story, while the wolf is the innocent character. In the story, the wolf is trying only to borrow a cup of suga...more
Genre - Fiction - Metafiction
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs is a meta-fictional retelling of the three little pigs only this time from the wolf's side of the story. Meant to be purely entertaining, the story flips around the old story making the pigs out to be the real rude villains in the story, while the wolf is the innocent character. In the story, the wolf is trying only to borrow a cup of suga...more
Scieszka, Jon. The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs. New York: Puffin. 1996. Print
Genre: Children’s Picture Books
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs, by Jon Scieszka is about the author’s point of view of what really happened to the 3 little pigs. The wolf was making a cake for his grandmother but was missing the ingredient. He went to his neighbors houses to borrow a cup of sugar, but instead he sneezes two of the three houses down and eats two pigs. The third pigs house, holds stron...more
Genre: Children’s Picture Books
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs, by Jon Scieszka is about the author’s point of view of what really happened to the 3 little pigs. The wolf was making a cake for his grandmother but was missing the ingredient. He went to his neighbors houses to borrow a cup of sugar, but instead he sneezes two of the three houses down and eats two pigs. The third pigs house, holds stron...more
Summary: Did the story of the three little pigs ever seem slightly biased to you? All that huffing and puffing--could one wolf really be so unequivocally evil? Finally, we get to hear the rest of the story, "as told to author Jon Scieszka," straight from the wolf's mouth. As Alexander T. Wolf explains it, the whole Big Bad Wolf thing was just a big misunderstanding. Al Wolf was minding his own business, making his granny a cake, when he realized he was out of a key ingredient. He innoc...more
Familiarity with the story of The Three Little Pigs is helpful to understanding the humor of this fairy tale. In this story, Alexander T. Wolf (a.k.a. The Big Bad Wolf) gives his version of the tale of his encounter with the three little pigs. This variant tale portrays the wolf as a much more respectable creature by dressing him in a sweater, collared shirt, bowtie, and round spectacles. The fact that he is baking a cake for his dear old granny’s birthday makes him more good and less evil. But ...more
As taken from my blog on using Children's Literature to teach Biblical truths. http://dawnstephensbooks.com/category/da...
The True Story of The Three Little Pigs and Truth Discovery
Based on The True Story of The Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
I still remember when I first discovered this book. I was an immediate fan! I had just begun teaching and built and had built an entire Kindergarten unit around Fairy Tales which included the three Little Pigs. I used th...more
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Summary: "There has obviously been some kind of mistake," writes Alexander T. Wolf from the pig penitentiary where he's doing time for his alleged crimes of 10 years ago. Here is the "real" story of the three little pigs whose houses are huffed and puffed to smithereens... from the wolf's perspective. This poor, much maligned wolf has gotten a bad rap. He just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, with a sneezy cold, innocently trying to borrow a cup of sugar t...more
Hi my name is Taneysha Forsyth and i am a 8th grade student who loves to read books that explain how different animals don't get along.Well my review will knock your soxs off your feet.i am basically going to explain how this book is cool and how it is bad at the same time.You will know soon just find out when u read my review.............
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This book is super cute. It's the story of "The Three Little Pigs," but from the wolf's perspective. I never knew, until reading this book, that the wolf was sick while taking care of his grandmother, and all he wanted to do was bake her a cake. However, he ran out of sugar, so he proceeded to ask his neighbors (the three pigs) to borrow some. There was no huffing and puffing, but rather huffing and snuffing as he felt sneezes coming on. The wolf only ate the pigs because they wer...more
I loved this book! It is a spin off of the original story of the three Little Pigs. Everyone knows the story of the three little pigs, or at least they think they do. The truth is that no one really knows the true story of the three little pigs because no one has heard the wolf’s side of the story. The true story of the three little pigs is about Alexander T. Wolf getting his chance to explain the story in his point of view. He explains how he was never a “big bad wolf” but only trying to ...more
Every story has at least two sides, and in this book we get to hear Alexander T. Wolf aka the Big Bad Wolf side of what happened between him and the three little pigs. It starts A. Wolf explaining that his diet is not his fault it’s in his nature. He then tells us the whole story starts with him being sick and trying to make a cake. He runs out of sugar and sets out to find a neighbor who can lend him more. Some accidents happen and perhaps some not so wise choices were made and the next thin...more
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Jon Scieszka is a writer and teacher. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and two children. Occasionally he has been known to howl at the full moon. --from the dust jacket of "The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs"
Jon Scieszka is also the author of the best-selling ALA Notable Book, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, as well as Knights of the Kitchen Table, a...more
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Jon Scieszka is also the author of the best-selling ALA Notable Book, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, as well as Knights of the Kitchen Table, a...more
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