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The Three Pigs by David Wiesner
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The Three Pigs

by David Wiesner

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A remake of the traditional tale where the three pigs escape the wolf
by going into another world where they meet other fairytale characters, the
cat and the fiddle, the cow that jumped over the moon and a dragon.
mcrook | May 16, 2009 |  
Starts as a seemly traditional version of The Three pigs but then chaos breaks out as the pigs sail out of one book and itno others. Fascinating pictures and story line. Wiesner is an amazing illustrator. ( )
missrader | Apr 10, 2009 |  
Magical Realism elements in David Wiesner's work:
http://bigblogofmarvel.blogspot.com/s...
maryoverton | Apr 7, 2009 |  
This is a unique twist to the classic story of The Three Little Pigs. The story is how the pigs take control of their story and decide to create their own story by jumping into other books and allowing random characters such as a dragon and the cat with the fiddle to come home with them.
carrie.murphy | Mar 15, 2009 |  
I enjoyed the clever conceit of the pigs escaping from the pages of their story and roaming around through other stories, finding some new friends in the process. The art was beautiful and clever and the ending made me laugh.

My only quibble is that the concept of coming out of the story was a little difficult for a young child to understand. I'm not sure what age the book is geared toward, but probably older than my daughter :) ( )
marag | Mar 9, 2009 |  
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Wiesner turns picture-book conventions on their heads by taking the three little pigs physically out of their stories (the wolf blows them off the page and they end up in a forest of other story pages) and connecting them with the cat from Hey Diddle Diddle and a dragon who's about to be slain by a knight. The illustrative asides -- for example, with the bewildered knight -- are hilarious and the concepts are more than clever. A VERY enjoyable book for preschoolers and up.

Amazon.com (ISBN 0618007016, Hardcover)

Once upon a time three pigs built three houses, out of straw, sticks, and bricks. Along came a wolf, who huffed and puffed... So, you think you know the rest? Think again. With David Wiesner at the helm, it's never safe to assume too much. When the wolf approaches the first house, for example, and blows it in, he somehow manages to blow the pig right out of the story frame. The text continues on schedule--"...and ate the pig up"--but the perplexed expression on the wolf's face as he looks in vain for his ham dinner is priceless. One by one, the pigs exit the fairy tale's border and set off on an adventure of their own. Folding a page of their own story into a paper airplane, the pigs fly off to visit other storybooks, rescuing about-to-be-slain dragons and luring the cat and the fiddle out of their nursery rhyme.

Wiesner, Caldecott Medal recipient for Tuesday, and Caldecott Honor winner for both Sector 7 and Free Fall, prefers not to wait around until pigs fly. He gives them wings (or paper airplanes) and sets them on their way! In his latest flight of fancy, Wiesner uses shifting illustration styles and fonts to startle complacent readers into an imaginary world even as they ponder the conventional structure of story. His trademark crafty humor and skewed perspectives will tickle readers pink (even the nonporcine variety)! (Ages 4 and older) --Emilie Coulter

(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:12 -0400)

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