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The Three Pigs
This Caldecott Medal-winningpicture book begins placidly (and familiarly) enough, with three pigs collecting materials and going off to build houses of straw, sticks, and bricks. But the wolf’s huffing and puffing blows the first pig right out of the story . . . and into the realm of pure imagination. The transition signals the start of a freewheeling adventure with charac...more
Hardcover, 38 pages
Published
April 23rd 2001
by Clarion Books
(first published 2001)
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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 story. Meeting ot...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 story. Meeting ot...more
The thing I loved about this book is that it completely leads you to believe that it is just an ordinary retelling of the original "Three Pigs" story. A few pages into the book, you begin to realize that it is something completely different- the pigs escape the prison of their regular story and escape into a crazy world where they can enter any story they choose. I've read several books by this author now and I can honestly say that he is my favorite children's author! I love the way he plays wi...more
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 that.
It's an interesting version of the three little pigs, that's for sure.
I'm sure children would enjoy it, the pigs take an adventure into other books and stories bringing back new friends into the original three pigs story.
Learning Extension: In class, the children would make their own little houses from the story (the children would be split off into groups of four). One child in each group would make their house of "straw" (we would have paper with straw print on it for them to cut out and glue...more
I'm sure children would enjoy it, the pigs take an adventure into other books and stories bringing back new friends into the original three pigs story.
Learning Extension: In class, the children would make their own little houses from the story (the children would be split off into groups of four). One child in each group would make their house of "straw" (we would have paper with straw print on it for them to cut out and glue...more
The story starts off as the classic fairy tale, but shortly turns into an adventure for the three little pigs as they travel through different fairy tales and nursery rhymes. In the classroom that I volunteer in, some of the students read this book to me and they absolutely loved it as much as I did. This would be an easy book for a young child to read as there are not a lot of words and it takes them through tales that they would be familiar with. In my classroom, I could use the story as a rel...more
I chose this book because I thought it was going to be like the story "The Three Little Pigs," I was surprising right and wrong! I got a kick out of this book! The illustrations were awesome and the pigs dialogue was funny and the text was humorous, as well! When the book starts out you think it will be just the normal store of the little pigs trying to escape the wolf. However, it's not that plain story. The pigs are hilarious in saying things like "Hey! He blew me right out of the story!" and...more
This story is a retelling of the classic story "The Three Little Pigs" whom set out into the world to build their houses and encounter a wolf along the way. However, Wiesner tells the story quite differently. These particular pigs encounter the same problem except, once the wolf demolishes the second pig's house they get fed up and decide to take a journey through other stories.
This being the works of David Wiesner, the illustrations are superb. The details on each page tell the story without t...more
This being the works of David Wiesner, the illustrations are superb. The details on each page tell the story without t...more
This Caldecott Medal winner adds a twist to the classics Three Little Pigs story. It starts out normal, and then the pigs get blown out of the story. They begin to explore the place, and find themselves popping into other stories. They chat with the other characters and travel by riding pages of the books. I didn't really like this rendition of the classic fairytale, and I thought it was a little hard to understand what was going on. There also was not very much text, but luckily the illustratio...more
Summary: This is the tale of the three little pigs with a twist! The story opens with the three pigs building their homes. When the wolf enters the scene, he blows down the first house. With that, the first pig is “blown” out of the story. He does this to a second pig and those two convince the third to come out of the story. The friends then begin to explore other where they save a dragon from being slain. After befriending the dragon, the pigs take their new storybook friends back to their sto...more
This is the classic tale of the three little pigs that built homes out of straw, sticks, and bricks, told by the three pigs themselves. I was surprised after every turn of the page! Throughout the story, the pigs come alive in a way in which they pop out of the pages and venture into other tales (i.e. Hey Diddle Diddle), making friends along the way. Illustrating the images of the original tale in a cartoon theme while the images of the pigs coming out of the story are illustrated in a more real...more
The Three Pigs is a clever story with a twist on the original three little pigs. It starts out seeming to be a normal “retelling” of the three little pigs. You realize the book is much different after a few pages when you see the pigs escape from the wolf by jumping out of the pages into different stories. I couldn’t help but be amazed by the different types of illustrations and mediums such as watercolor, paint, pencil and more used to display the different stories the pigs jumped into. As the...more
In the story The Three Pigs, the depictions start out in the classic story of The Three Little Pigs. But there is a twist with this rendition and depiction of the classic. The illustrations resemble a comic type layout and the characters do not stay in their scenes. When the wolf huffs and puffs their house down, the three pigs are blown out of the classical story into an alternate story structure. They change shape, some are in 3D, others 2D, some realistic and others more childlike. Also, the...more
Genre: I placed this title in my reading log under Traditional Literature Picture Books.
Summary: Escaping the big bad wolf, three pigs take an adventurous journey on a paper airplane through different nursery rhymes. They ultimately return to their home with a few characters from other memorable children stories.
Critique:
(a.) The artwork presented on this title was magnificent and I must say the key to making this so enjoyable for me to read. A variety of materials were used by the illustrator...more
Summary: Escaping the big bad wolf, three pigs take an adventurous journey on a paper airplane through different nursery rhymes. They ultimately return to their home with a few characters from other memorable children stories.
Critique:
(a.) The artwork presented on this title was magnificent and I must say the key to making this so enjoyable for me to read. A variety of materials were used by the illustrator...more
The Three Pigs
By David Wiesner
Caldecott Medal Winner
Wiesner, D. (2003). The three pigs. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
1. Traditional Literature
2. This story takes the classic tale of the three little pigs but combines it with a little twist. After the wolf blows their house down they somehow escape out of the story and into their own. After the three pigs take an adventure in and out of other stories they finally return to their own where they brings some friends and end the story the way the pigs...more
By David Wiesner
Caldecott Medal Winner
Wiesner, D. (2003). The three pigs. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
1. Traditional Literature
2. This story takes the classic tale of the three little pigs but combines it with a little twist. After the wolf blows their house down they somehow escape out of the story and into their own. After the three pigs take an adventure in and out of other stories they finally return to their own where they brings some friends and end the story the way the pigs...more
1. Genre: Traditional
2. Summary: David Wiesner spins an unconventional tale of the three pigs in this picture book. Once again the big bad wolf is after the three pigs but they all escape his clutches in a fantastical way and by the end of the story the three pigs with some friends send the wolf packing.
A. Area of Comment: Style
B. David Wiesner again dazzles us with another unconventional picture book and takes a traditional children’s story and gives it a crazy twist. The way he surprises the r...more
2. Summary: David Wiesner spins an unconventional tale of the three pigs in this picture book. Once again the big bad wolf is after the three pigs but they all escape his clutches in a fantastical way and by the end of the story the three pigs with some friends send the wolf packing.
A. Area of Comment: Style
B. David Wiesner again dazzles us with another unconventional picture book and takes a traditional children’s story and gives it a crazy twist. The way he surprises the r...more
The Three Pigs by David Wiesner (Clarion Books 2001). 38p Traditional Literature.
Summary: This book begins like the classic story of the three little pigs, however, Wiesner puts a spin on it with his unique images and creativity. The three little pigs and the wolf are not the only characters in this story.
Critique:
a. Most people know the story of the three little pigs. Wiesner begins his story like the classic version but then gets creative. The unique plot and illustrations make the story in...more
Summary: This book begins like the classic story of the three little pigs, however, Wiesner puts a spin on it with his unique images and creativity. The three little pigs and the wolf are not the only characters in this story.
Critique:
a. Most people know the story of the three little pigs. Wiesner begins his story like the classic version but then gets creative. The unique plot and illustrations make the story in...more
1. Children’s Book- Traditional Literature
2. This is the traditional story of the Three Little Pigs, but instead of the traditional, predictable ending that everyone knows, Wiesner sends the pigs on a journey out of their terrible fate and into other well-known nursery rhymes and stories, thus forging their own path.
3. Critique
a. The most important element of this story is the plot. This plot is a wonderful and refreshing spin on a story that has been told to children for ages, with a new and m...more
2. This is the traditional story of the Three Little Pigs, but instead of the traditional, predictable ending that everyone knows, Wiesner sends the pigs on a journey out of their terrible fate and into other well-known nursery rhymes and stories, thus forging their own path.
3. Critique
a. The most important element of this story is the plot. This plot is a wonderful and refreshing spin on a story that has been told to children for ages, with a new and m...more
The three Pigs by David Wiesner
Genre: Picture Book- Traditional literature
Summary: In this unique version of the three little Pigs, Weisner starts the story with the traditional tale. As Soon as the wolf comes to blow a house down, the pigs are blown to page after page, eventually ending up in other familiar and traditional fairy tales. The wolf finally gets scared away by a dragon friend that is made in another story.
A) This story is made by the illustrations! Coupled with the shadowing and b...more
Genre: Picture Book- Traditional literature
Summary: In this unique version of the three little Pigs, Weisner starts the story with the traditional tale. As Soon as the wolf comes to blow a house down, the pigs are blown to page after page, eventually ending up in other familiar and traditional fairy tales. The wolf finally gets scared away by a dragon friend that is made in another story.
A) This story is made by the illustrations! Coupled with the shadowing and b...more
1. Genre: Traditional
2. This is a modern take on the classic story of the three pigs. When the wolf comes knocking on the first pig's house, the pig actually leaves the story, convincing the other two pigs and a multitude of other storybook creatures to join him.
3. A. Area for comment: Characters
B. This classic story of the three pigs is a timeless tale of protecting oneself. Wiesner does an incredible job of expanding the dull, predictable characters in such a way that allows the reader a glimp...more
2. This is a modern take on the classic story of the three pigs. When the wolf comes knocking on the first pig's house, the pig actually leaves the story, convincing the other two pigs and a multitude of other storybook creatures to join him.
3. A. Area for comment: Characters
B. This classic story of the three pigs is a timeless tale of protecting oneself. Wiesner does an incredible job of expanding the dull, predictable characters in such a way that allows the reader a glimp...more
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When I first started reading this book I thought it was going to be the same story of the three little pigs that I have heard over and over and over again. To my surprise, the story had an interesting twist! I was not expecting the three little pigs to be blown away out of the story into the white space and discover something new. I love that they were taken to a place with other stories and were able to make new friends such as the dragon and the cat and the fiddle. The illustrations go perfect...more
The Three Pigs, is not your average Three little pigs story. This story starts out like the original story line does, with three little pigs moving out on their own and building their own houses. The first pig builds his house out of straw and then the Big Bad Wolf comes along and blows the straw house down. However, when the Wolf blows the house down, he blows the pig out of the story. As the pig realizes he is free from the grasp of the wolf, he goes on to warn his fellow pigs of the Wolf. The...more
Sep 17, 2012
Barbara
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This story of The Three Pigs is a great story that is different from the original tale of The Three LIttle Pigs. This story has the same story line, the pigs build there houses out of straw, sticks, and bricks, but when the wolf goes to blow the houses down the pigs suddenly come right out of the book! This is a great twist to the story that draws the reader into something they would never expect, including myself. This is a great tool for teachers to teach the students that original stories don...more
The Three Pigs is a unique retelling of the classic story “The Three Little Pigs.” It starts the same way by setting up the scene of the three pigs, their different houses made out of straw, stick and brick along with the big bad wolf. The story stays fairly true to the original until the wolf gets to the third pigs house. This is where it takes a creative turn towards fantasy. The pigs end up sneaking off the page as if they were literally walking out of the book. They fold the pages up and go...more
Sep 10, 2012
Diana Judd
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This books starts out like the classic story of the three little pigs but quickly turns into a much more adventurous story when they find themselves liberated from the original story. They discover that they can leave the pages of their book, and not only this but they can enter others and help free other characters. The pigs fly around in an airplane made out the page of their story, then let the fiddle-playing cat out of the nursery rhyme, and save a dragon from being killed by a greedy prince...more
"The Three Pigs" by David Wiesner is an interesting re-make of the classic "Three Little Pigs" story where the big bad wolf destroys the homes and attempts to eat each of the three little pigs. The first couple pages start off by following the original story line, but the illustrations accompanied by dialogue of the pigs soon take the story to a completely different place. The first pig escapes the wolf by walking right off the page of the book and then he appears in the next scene to save the s...more
After reading and enjoying Flotsam, I was eager to explore more of David Wiesner's works. Unlike Flotsam, this story was narrated as well as illustrated. At the beginning of the book I was not overly impressed as the story of the Three Little Pigs has been done so many times; the words were almost verbatim to how I remember every other telling of the story, and the illustrations were not overly detailed or extraordinary. However, I was delighted to see the interesting new twist on the story that...more
Wiesner’s postmodern picturebook is a metafictive reimagining of the classic fairytale which employs water color, gouache, colored inks, pencil, and colored pencil on Fabriano hot press paper to raucously depict the three little pigs in a cartoon style while they remain in their own story. However, in the course of eluding the big bad wolf’s attacks they manage to not only survive but also break the frames of their own story, explore its gutters, and break into the frames that encase the stories...more
The orientation of the book is landscape to depict the panels of story lines that are continually progressing and the adventures of the 3 pigs. The interplay in this book is counterpoint, where the text contradicts the story at some points in the book. Such as when the wolf ate the pigs up, as the text read - the pigs simply stepped out of the story into other stories which was a little confusing. The art style was very detailed in that the 3 pig's coats were so richly defined and drawn it was r...more
The Three Pigs by David Wiesner provides a great twist to a well-known story. The story begins like the normal Three Little Pigs, but suddenly changes as each pig comes out of the story. As the pigs come out of the story pages and onto the white space, their appearance becomes more realistic. They push the pages around and play in the open white space, providing readers with a new outlook on the characters in the story. I believe that many children would find joy out of this book because it is v...more
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...more
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During David Wiesner's formative years, the last images he saw before closing his eyes at night were the books, rockets, elephant heads, clocks, and magnifying glasses that decorated the wallpaper of his room. Perhaps it was this decor which awakened his creativity and gave it the dreamlike, imaginative quality so often found in his work.
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