The three little pigs escape from the story and move into their own imagination. They go through different stories taking their own twists and turns.

Independent Reading Level: Grades Prep-1
Awards: Randolph Caldecott Medal (2002)

The traditional story of the Three Little Pigs literally comes alive in Wiesner's rendition of The Three Pigs. The story begins as usual with the three pigs heading out on their own, but when the wolf comes to blow the house down a unique twist happens. The three pigs come out of the story book and proceed to visit other fairy tales. They rescue a dragon that is about to be slaughtered and the kitty in hey diddle, diddle. The characters gather together and re-enter their story, scare the wolf and live happily ever after. ( )

Independent Reading Level: Grade 2
Awards: Caldecott Metal

The book starts off with the traditional story of The Three Little Pigs, and when the pigs figure out that they can leave the story, they wonder about from story to story, making new friends and enemies with the protagonists, and antagonists from the other books. The Illustrations go from two dimensional while in the books, to two dimensional when they leave them. The illustrator does an excellent job in making the reader feel like the storybook characters are interacting with us as the readers by placing their gaze towards us as if they could see us. The book is a great way to challenge our students, and make them wonder and draw inferences about the story plot, as we engage them as we read to them. ( )