This picture book begins placidly (and familiarly) enough, with three pigs collecting materials and going off to build houses of straw, sticks, and...
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Oct 29, 2008
Rfrancik
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Winner of the 2002 Caldecott Award The Three Pigs is David Weisner's third Caldecott winner. This book features delightful illustrations that deviate substantially from the traditional tale. In Mr. Weisner's version the wolf blows the first little pig out of the picture book.
Interested in his new reality little pig #1 trots off to visit with his brothers and invite them out of the book for a little exploration of their new environment while the wolf remains trapped back in the st More...
Interested in his new reality little pig #1 trots off to visit with his brothers and invite them out of the book for a little exploration of their new environment while the wolf remains trapped back in the st More...
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May 24, 2008
Rebecca
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This book has a good, imaginative concept. The pigs escape from the wolf by leaving the pages and entering the "whiteness" out of the book. They enter other stories, find a dragon, and bring it back to their story where the wolf is trying to blow down the house of bricks. That dragon scares the wolf and the three pigs (with the dragon) live happily ever after. The part I really don't like is that the words get scattered all over the pages and it's hard to read, I really don't like
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Feb 05, 2012
Brittany
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When I first started reading this version of the three little pigs, I thought it would just be a nicely illustrated version of the original. Boy, was I wrong! I LOVE this book! The illustrations are phenomenal and the story is so lovely. The story does start out as the original version of this classic story but by page three, things start to change. The first little pig gets blown out of the story! So, we see him hanging on to what is almost a comic like frame. The story continues along but you
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Jan 29, 2012
Alisha
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"The Three Pigs" by David Wiesner is about three pigs who went out into the world to seek their fortune. The first pig built his house out of straw, but the wolf blew it down and ate the pig up. But there's a little bubble that says he blew the pig right out of the story. The second pig built his house out of sticks. The wolf blew the house in and ate the pig up. There is a bubble that shows the first pig telling the second pig to come on, it's safe out here. The third pig built his ho
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Jan 28, 2012
L12_sarah
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The Three Pigs is the story of the three little pigs...with a significant twist: when the Big, Bad Wolf comes knocking at the house of the first pig, all of his huffing and puffing doesn't just blow the pig out of the house; it blows him out of the story completely! The first pig helps the other two pigs also escape from the story into a white world where the illustrations from other stories are spread out like an art gallery, acting as portals to their stories. The pigs mistakenly find themse
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Nov 29, 2011
Johnny
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Title: The Three Pigs
Author David Wiesner
Genre: Traditional Literature
Summary: The traditional story of the three pigs contains a surprising and unusual ending.
A: The content and theme are addressed in this critic.
B. The tale of the three pigs begins normally, but diverges into a separate story line when the wolf attempts to blow their houses down, and from that point onwards, the pigs embark on an unconventional story line. This unusual depa More...
Author David Wiesner
Genre: Traditional Literature
Summary: The traditional story of the three pigs contains a surprising and unusual ending.
A: The content and theme are addressed in this critic.
B. The tale of the three pigs begins normally, but diverges into a separate story line when the wolf attempts to blow their houses down, and from that point onwards, the pigs embark on an unconventional story line. This unusual depa More...
Oct 25, 2011
Hannah
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This book is so much fun to read. Growing up reading the three little pigs, this book created by David Weisner is in a different league of its own. This book is so much fun to read, and I could definitely see myself reading this tale out loud to children. The book begins much as many of the other tales of the three little pigs do, the pigs are making their three houses out of straw, sticks, and bricks. In this tale the big bad wolf shows up to blow down the house, but when he blows down the hous
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Oct 22, 2011
Julie
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CALDECOTT 2002
EARLY CHILDHOOD BOOKS
Sure, we all know the story of the three pigs. They all built their houses and had to deal with that pesky wolf. Well, at least that's what we think happens. This story is a little different, though. Instead of being eaten, the first pig is blown right off the page. He hurries to help his siblings and confuses the wolf. The pigs play around with pages, making a paper airplane and visiting other tales.
This book is a fun twist on a w More...
EARLY CHILDHOOD BOOKS
Sure, we all know the story of the three pigs. They all built their houses and had to deal with that pesky wolf. Well, at least that's what we think happens. This story is a little different, though. Instead of being eaten, the first pig is blown right off the page. He hurries to help his siblings and confuses the wolf. The pigs play around with pages, making a paper airplane and visiting other tales.
This book is a fun twist on a w More...
Oct 17, 2011
Sara
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1. Genre: Picture Book/Traditional Literature
2. Summary: The traditional story of The Three Little Pigs takes a nontraditional turn when the three pigs jump from the pages of their story to escape the wrath of the Big Bad Wolf. As they travel through the white space of the book, the three pigs find themselves jumping in and out of pages of other traditional stories like Hey Diddle Diddle.
3. Critique:
a. One of the greatest strengths of this title is the use of d More...
2. Summary: The traditional story of The Three Little Pigs takes a nontraditional turn when the three pigs jump from the pages of their story to escape the wrath of the Big Bad Wolf. As they travel through the white space of the book, the three pigs find themselves jumping in and out of pages of other traditional stories like Hey Diddle Diddle.
3. Critique:
a. One of the greatest strengths of this title is the use of d More...
Oct 17, 2011
Kelley
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Critique- Picture Book/Caldecott Medal
This is a variation on the story of the three little pigs, where the pigs decide to leave their story and wander around meeting characters from other stories. David Wiesner once again has beautiful illustrations in this retelling of the three little pigs. He adds wonderful detail to the characters that really brings them to life. He combines his wonderful pictures with a very novel concept mixed with a classic story. It is a very unique book that c More...
This is a variation on the story of the three little pigs, where the pigs decide to leave their story and wander around meeting characters from other stories. David Wiesner once again has beautiful illustrations in this retelling of the three little pigs. He adds wonderful detail to the characters that really brings them to life. He combines his wonderful pictures with a very novel concept mixed with a classic story. It is a very unique book that c More...
Oct 09, 2011
Maria
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The classic children's story of The Three Little Pigs has very little to do with David Wiesner's The Three Pigs picture-book story. I like this story because it is like the liberation of traditional characters trapped in classic children’s stories. The three pigs travel outside the pages of the book and found plenty of adventures out of it. My son David often says “adventures out there” and this is exactly what these three pigs did. Once they were out of their own story they travel into two othe
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Oct 03, 2011
Michael
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This Book is for my Folklore assignment. This story is about three pigs who go out on their own to seek their fortune and they each build their own home. One out of straw, one out of sticks and the other out of brick. then there was this wolf who was hungry and knocked on each door. first came the straw house which the wolf blew down because the pig wouldn't let him in, than the wolf blew down the stick house for the same reason. the story ended differently than the original story because it
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Sep 27, 2011
Davina
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1. Picture Books-Traditional Literature
2.The three pigs take a break from their story and go on an adventure through other stories. Along the way, they pick up characters from the other stories and all the characters joined the three little pigs at the end of their story, and the big bad wolf still could not blow the brick house down!
3a. The Story plot and the illustrations
3b. The illustrations in this book were superb. They draw the reader's eye directly to the pag More...
2.The three pigs take a break from their story and go on an adventure through other stories. Along the way, they pick up characters from the other stories and all the characters joined the three little pigs at the end of their story, and the big bad wolf still could not blow the brick house down!
3a. The Story plot and the illustrations
3b. The illustrations in this book were superb. They draw the reader's eye directly to the pag More...
Sep 26, 2011
Sara
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1. Contemporary
2. This new take on the three little pigs literally blows the traditional fairy tale away. The pigs escape from the confines of their story, rescuing the cat and fiddle and a dragon along the way.
3. A. Predictability
B. This book was not predictable. And that is the beauty of it. Like all fractured fairy tales it starts off very traditional, just like the story we are so used to hearing. But then instead of eating the pig, the wolf blew him More...
2. This new take on the three little pigs literally blows the traditional fairy tale away. The pigs escape from the confines of their story, rescuing the cat and fiddle and a dragon along the way.
3. A. Predictability
B. This book was not predictable. And that is the beauty of it. Like all fractured fairy tales it starts off very traditional, just like the story we are so used to hearing. But then instead of eating the pig, the wolf blew him More...
Sep 26, 2011
Ashton
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Genre: Traditional Literature, Fractured Fairy Tale
Summary: This story tells the original story of the three little pigs, while venturing away from it. The pigs are able to escape their story and travel to others, where they make friends who later help them defeat the wolf.
Critique: A. The illustrations in this book vary throughout, as the pigs travel to other stories. The use of blank space at times shows the traveling of the pigs.
B. The different ways of drawing the illustra More...
Summary: This story tells the original story of the three little pigs, while venturing away from it. The pigs are able to escape their story and travel to others, where they make friends who later help them defeat the wolf.
Critique: A. The illustrations in this book vary throughout, as the pigs travel to other stories. The use of blank space at times shows the traveling of the pigs.
B. The different ways of drawing the illustra More...
Sep 25, 2011
Ashley
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Critique 3
1. Traditional Literature
2. This book starts off as the traditional story of the three pigs, but by the end we see that the pigs have an agenda of their own! After travelling to numerous other genres and tales, the pigs return to their own story to create their own happy ending!
3. Critique
a. The area I would like to comment on for this book is the creativity and imagination of the author in taking this timeless tale and creating a fun, new twist to the story! More...
1. Traditional Literature
2. This book starts off as the traditional story of the three pigs, but by the end we see that the pigs have an agenda of their own! After travelling to numerous other genres and tales, the pigs return to their own story to create their own happy ending!
3. Critique
a. The area I would like to comment on for this book is the creativity and imagination of the author in taking this timeless tale and creating a fun, new twist to the story! More...
Sep 21, 2011
Katelyn
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1. Contemporary
2. The three pigs take their story apart, with a few friends from other familiar stories, and put it back together the way they want to!
3. A. One are I would like to address, the creativity. I love the way the author retold this classic tale. The illustrations play a major role, and they do not fail to impress. They send a powerful and creative message, which keeps the audience engaged.
B. The illustrations are both, strong and good. They challe More...
2. The three pigs take their story apart, with a few friends from other familiar stories, and put it back together the way they want to!
3. A. One are I would like to address, the creativity. I love the way the author retold this classic tale. The illustrations play a major role, and they do not fail to impress. They send a powerful and creative message, which keeps the audience engaged.
B. The illustrations are both, strong and good. They challe More...
Sep 20, 2011
Melissa
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In The Three Pigs, David Wiesner plays with story boundaries to make his three pig characters seem like playful heroes in charge of their own destiny. The story begins as a traditional story of the three little pigs, where the big bad wolf is trying to destroy their homes and eat them up. Although the textual story line continues to follow that of the three little pigs, in this story Weisner uses a counterpoint interplay of this texts and images to make the pigs seem intelligent, contradictory t
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Sep 20, 2011
Traci
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The Three Pigs by David Wiesner is a spin-off from his acclaimed book Tuesday. At the end of Tuesday pigs on a farm go on their own flying journey and it only seems fit that they have their own book. However, this is not the typical tale that we all know. The story starts off in the traditional manner, but then the first pig is blown out of the story by the wolf. The first pig travels to the second pig and tells him to leave the story to join him, and then they go and get the third pig to jo
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Sep 20, 2011
Lindsay
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I had read this book once before, but had looked at it more for its' potential as a read aloud, which is clearly not the purpose of this picture book. It has so many elements to the illustrations, it's hard to keep your eyes in one place. The story starts off as the traditional "Three Little Pigs" story, but quickly transitions into a quirky, comic-like spin on original fairy tales. This story is so visually stimulating and has so many unexpected turns. I kept wondering what I might se
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Sep 20, 2011
Meghan
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I thought that The Three Pigs was a very interesting take on the classic story. It really wasn't even about the three little pigs trying to escape the big bad wolf. They are instead trying to escape their story. The three pigs travel on a paper airplane made from a panel of their own story through what seems like infinite white space. They travel through other stories and bring friends with them through the "4th wall".
I found this story to be very interesting and funn More...
I found this story to be very interesting and funn More...
Sep 15, 2011
Kristina
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Genre: Wordless Picture Book
At the beginning of the book, a reader may think that this is just like the classic story of the three little pigs but is quickly jolted when the pigs take control of the story and shake things up a bit.
a.) A major strength of this story is how Wiesner uses the illustrations to support the fractured fairy tale theme (Horning, p. 66).
b.) Horning explains a fractured fairy tale as those stories adding a certain twist to the classics (p. 66). More...
At the beginning of the book, a reader may think that this is just like the classic story of the three little pigs but is quickly jolted when the pigs take control of the story and shake things up a bit.
a.) A major strength of this story is how Wiesner uses the illustrations to support the fractured fairy tale theme (Horning, p. 66).
b.) Horning explains a fractured fairy tale as those stories adding a certain twist to the classics (p. 66). More...
Sep 12, 2011
Becca
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The Three Pigs is a modern day spin off of the original screenplay written in the 1800’s. The three pigs are visited by the big bad wolf that insists on coming in their house and does so by huffing and puffing until the house blows down. However the three pigs are able to escape death as they are blown right out of their own story. The adventure begins there and is sure to keep every reader on the edge of their seat until the very last page. I believe this story belongs in the traditional lit
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May 03, 2011
Brenna
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In this version of The Three Little Pigs the pigs escape from their story and wander into other fairy tales and nursery rhymes. This is a creative way to make the characters in the book truly come to life. Students would enjoy deciding which stories the pigs would visit next. This book earned David Wiesner his second Caldecott Award.
Publishers Weekly
Even the book's younger readers will understand the distinctive visual code. As the pigs enter the confines of a storybook page, the More...
Publishers Weekly
Even the book's younger readers will understand the distinctive visual code. As the pigs enter the confines of a storybook page, the More...
Apr 14, 2011
Amber
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I really liked this book! It's the "retelling" of the classic "The Three Little Pigs." The story starts off the same, but when the wolf blows the house down, the pig gets blown off the pages. When the pig is off the page, he appears more real. He proceeds to help his brothers get out of the book before getting eaten. The story pages continue with the original story, but we see the wolf scratching his head in confusion when the story reads he "ate the pig up." Hilari
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Mar 24, 2011
Carrie
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David Wiesner’s Caldecott winning version of the Three Pigs tale is a fractured fairy tale that breaks the fourth wall in spectacular fashion. The story begins with the familiar: the wolf blowing down the straw and stick houses—but this wolf scratches his head, because although the text says he ate the pigs, the pigs were actually blown straight off the page! These two lucky pigs visit the third pig, and show him how they've stepped out of their unhappy fates. The three fly off on a paper airpl
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Aug 31, 2010
Linnea
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I loved this story! It is a parody on "The Three Little Pigs." The story starts off the same, but when the wolf blows the house down, the pig gets blown off the pages. When the pig is off the page, he appears more real. He proceeds to help his brothers get out of the book before getting eaten. The story pages tell the original story, but we see the wolf scratching his head as the story reads he "ate the pig up." The pigs continue in and out of other fairy tales, playing
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Feb 05, 2010
Erin
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Jan 20, 2010
Jayme
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Summary: This book is based on the original and ever so famous, "Three Little Pigs." In this story, the three pigs go out into the real world to seek their fortune. They each built their own house out of straw, sticks, and bricks. Like the original story, the wolf blew down the houses made of straw and sticks, but then the story took an interesting twist. The pigs escaped to an imaginary land where they joined other fairytales and helped the characters in them. After their More...
Dec 05, 2009
earthy
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The three little pigs escape their own story and try out a few others until they ultimately decide to head back home with their new friends.
Each story-within-a-story has its own style of art. The initial three little pigs story has bright colors and thick black outlines—typical fairy tale fare, with graphic novel-like panels set across the page to depict the passage of time. The white space in between panels allows the pigs to escape from their story as the wolf blows their houses More...
Each story-within-a-story has its own style of art. The initial three little pigs story has bright colors and thick black outlines—typical fairy tale fare, with graphic novel-like panels set across the page to depict the passage of time. The white space in between panels allows the pigs to escape from their story as the wolf blows their houses More...
