The Three Pigs

The Three Pigs

Author: David Wiesner

Ages: K-2

Rating: 5 Stars

Summary: The story of the three little pigs begins like it normally would but the pigs find a way to escape from the book while it is being told! They leave the book, use the pages as a paper airplane and fly in and out of the pages of other books gathering up a dragon and a cat to help save them from the big bad wolf.

This is a wonderful variation of the traditional story of the three little pigs! It was so exciting to turn the pages and see the pigs come to life out of the original story. Same with the cat and the fiddle and the dragon, too. The pictures change so much with each turn of the page, one looking like a cartoon drawing, another a sketch, and others looking much more realistic. I really enjoyed how Wiesner took such a simple story and made it so interesting. I can definitely see why it won the Caldecott Medal.

This is a prime example of how to reconstruct a simple story by twisting it into something different, new, and exciting. Children would be able to do this with any traditional story that they have heard millions of times throughout their childhoods.