The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig
When it comes time for the three little wolves to go out into the world and build themselves a house, their mother warns them to beware the big bad pig. But the little wolves' increasingly sturdy dwellings are no match for the persistent porker, who has more up his sleeve than huffing and...
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When it comes time for the three little wolves to go out into the world and build themselves a house, their mother warns them to beware the big bad pig. But the little wolves' increasingly sturdy dwellings are no match for the persistent porker, who has more up his sleeve than huffing and puffing. It takes a chance encounter with a flamingo pushing a wheelbarrow full of flowers to provide a surprising and satisfying solution to the little wolves' housing crisis. Eugene Trivizas's hilarious text and Helen Oxenbury's enchanting watercolors have made this delightfully skewed version of the traditional tale a contemporary classic.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780689815287 (068981528X)
ASIN: 068981528X
Publish date: April 1st 1997
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
Reading this book allows for the students to experience different versions of folktale stories. The book could be used in a 4th-6th grade classroom. You could have the students compare and contrast two different versions of the story. You could also have the students create a story that follows the ...
This book as a perfect book to include in a fairytale study of different versions of The Three Little Pigs. Although I would have no problem reading it to kindergarten or first grade, I would only do a fairytale study of different versions of one story with second through sixth grade. I say this bec...
This book could be used in a 1-3rd grade classroom. The students could make a venn diagram and compare and contrast it to another book, like the true story of the three little pigs. This is a great activity to start off with for a compare and contrast activity. Students will enjoy it. The teacher an...
Fun to add to the compare and contrast lesson of the three little pigs. Intended audience is 2nd-4th grade.
"The True Story of the Three Little Pigs" is the traditional story of "The Three Little Pigs" told from the perspective of the big bad wolf. I would use this in third through fifth grade as a part of a book study on "The Three Little Pigs". I would also use it to introduce perspective and how a stor...
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