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The True Story of the Three Little Pigs (Picture Puffin) Book

Did the story of the three little pigs ever seem slightly biased to you? All that huffing and puffing--could one wolf really be so unequivocally evil? Finally, we get to hear the rest of the story, "as told to author Jon Scieszka", straight from the wolf's mouth. As Alexander T. Wolf explains it, the whole Big Bad Wolf thing was just a big misunderstanding. Al Wolf was minding his own business, making his granny a cake, when he realized he was out of a key ingredient. He innocently went from house to house (one made of straw, one of sticks and one of bricks) asking to borrow a cup of sugar. Could he help it if he had a bad cold, causing him to sneeze gigantic, gale-force sneezes? Could he help it if pigs these days use shabby construction materials? And after the pigs had been ever-so-accidentally killed, well, who can blame him for having a snack? As with The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, (another stellar collaboration by Scieszka and illustrator Lane Smith), children who know all the old stories by heart will delight in reading impudent new versions. Here, Scieszka's text is clever, savvy and pithy, and Smith's stretchy-strange illustrations complete this funny, irreverent, thoroughly original tale.Read More

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  • Amazon

    An inventive retelling of the story 'Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf'.

  • Play

    A hilarious retelling of the "Three Little Pigs" by Jon Scieszka. You may think you know the story of the "Three Little Pigs" and the "Big Bad Wolf" - but only one person knows the real story. And that person is A. Wolf. His tale starts with a birthday cake for his dear old granny a bad head cold and a bad reputation. The rest (as they say) is history. A hilariously inventive retelling of the popular story which "Publishers Weekly" called the 'Funniest book of the year'. Jon Scieszka began to train as a doctor but left to take a course in fiction writing at Columbia University and to become a teacher. He lives in Brooklyn and spends his time writing and talking about books. Lane Smith an acclaimed author/illustrator has achieved major success in his collaborations with Jon Scieszka. He also provided the original concept and illustrations for the hit film "James and the Giant Peach". He lives in New York. Also by Jon Scieszka: "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs"; "The Frog Prince Continued"; "The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairly Stupid Tales"; "The Book that Jack Wrote"; "Math Curse"; "Squids will be Squids"; "Baloney"; "Science Verse"; "Seen Art?;"Cowboy and Octopus"; "Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland"; "Robot Zot"; "Knights of the Kitchen Table"; "The Not-so-Jolly Roger"; "The Good the Bad and the Goofy"; "Your Mother was a Neanderthal"; "2095"; "Tut Tut"; "Summer Reading is Killing Me"; "It's all Greek to Me"; "See You Later Gladiator"; "Sam Samurai"; "Hey Kid Want to Buy a Bridge?"; "Viking it and Liking it"; "Me oh Maya"; "Da Wild Da Crazy Da Vinci"; and "Marco Polo".

  • TheBookPeople

    You may think you know the story of the Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf - but only one person knows the real story. And that person is A. Wolf. His tale starts with a birthday cake for his dear old granny, a bad head cold and a bad reputation. The rest (as they say) is history. This is a hilariously inventive retelling of the popular story which Publishers Weekly called the 'Funniest book of the year'.

  • Blackwell

    A retelling of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka. A hilarious retelling of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka. You may think you know the story of the Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf - but only one person knows the real story.

  • Penguin

    A spoof on the three little pigs story, this time told from the wolf's point of view. Lane Smith also illustrated Hallowe'en ABC which was one of The New York Times Best Illustrated Books of the Year.

  • BookDepository

    The True Story of the Three Little Pigs : Paperback : Penguin Random House Children's UK : 9780140540567 : 0140540563 : 31 Oct 1991 : A retelling of the "Three Little Pigs"" by Jon Scieszka."

  • Pickabook

    Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith (Illus)

  • 0140540563
  • 9780140540567
  • Jon Scieszka
  • 31 October 1991
  • Puffin
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 32
  • New Ed
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