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Loading... The Three Pigs (original 2001; edition 2001)by David Wiesner
Work detailsThe Three Pigs by David Wiesner (2001)
 Whisper1 | Jun 17, 2013 |  The story of the three little pigs turns from the traditional version to the postmodern telling of the story. The three pigs escape the wolves predatory visits to new landscapes and story settings. The pigs move from scene to scene, in and out while illustrations support their movement through the scenes. They eventually encounter a dragon who is about to be slayed. The ending is a happy one; where the pigs and other animals are happily living in the little pig’s house. (  ) rnelson12 | Jun 11, 2013 | Short Summary: What starts out as a familiar story of three little pigs trying to escape the big bad wold turns into three little pigs that wander off and end up in other familiar tales. personal reflection: LOVED THIS! Possibly one of my favorites, because it is just so clever. I loved the use of white space to represent the characters outside of their own story, and the total twist on all the original tales. I think it shows that stories don't have to fit inside a box , and it could teach kids to write stories or poems or whatever as their own, and to be as creative and oustide the box as they want. hkent32 | Jun 9, 2013 | The three little pigs escape from their tale to seek help in other stories. They bring back a dragon and live happily ever after. SASegsworth | Jun 5, 2013 | I've read this book at least a dozen times before in years past. It's a great fractured fairy tale. ( ) matthewbloome | May 19, 2013 |
 The book will intrigue, delight, and puzzle children. (Where did the pig go? What is he standing on? How did the wolf really eat the pig if he goes away? Why does it say so?). Wiesner’s tale turns back on itself to reveal its form, and to show that a story can be protean, metamorphic, and infinitely malleable. We have to co-construct it... But has something been lost? Fear, after all, has been drained completely away.
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In this magic story, the pigs escape from their own tale, walking off the pages of the old version into a new reality where they meet the cat & the fiddle and a large, friendly dragon.
I loved this very creative, magical book. It is the Caldecott medal winner for 2002. (