The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!
by Jon Scieszka
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Author: Jon ScieszkaIllustrator: Lane Smith
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1999-10-01
ISBN: 0670888443
Number of pages: 32
Publisher: Viking Juvenile
Summary of The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!
One of the most popular books of the decade comes with a brand-new introduction....Ten years in the pen and the wolf still says he didn't do it....
It's been ten years since Alexander T. Wolf told the story of the three little pigs--the true story, that is. Now in this tenth anniversary edition of a book that made publishing history, Alexander T. Wolf has added another chapter to his story--a perspective looking back on his ten long years in the pen.
Including a brand-new jacket by Caldecott Honor artist Lane Smith, the tenth anniversary edition of this contemporary classic will be available for a limited time only.
* An ABBY Honor Book
* ALA Notable Children's Book
* A New York Times Best Book of the Year
* Association of Booksellers for Children Choice
* Silver Medal, Society of Illustrators
* Parenting's Reading-Magic Award
* Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List
* Publishers Weekly Top Selling Kids Books of all Time List
"A tasty treat."--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review)
"Elegantly sophisticated illustrations...suitably mordant humor."-- Kirkus Reviews
"A gaily newfangled version...designed with uncommon flair."--Publishers Weekly
"There has obviously been some kind of mistake," writes Alexander T. Wolf from the pig penitentiary where he's doing time for his alleged crimes of 10 years ago. Here is the "real" story of the three little pigs whose houses are huffed and puffed to smithereens... from the wolf's perspective. This poor, much maligned wolf has gotten a bad rap. He just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, with a sneezy cold, innocently trying to borrow a cup of sugar to make his granny a cake. Is it his fault those ham dinners--rather, pigs--build such flimsy homes? Sheesh.
This 10th-anniversary edition of Jon Scieszka's New York Times Best Book of the Year, The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!, includes a special, impassioned letter from prisoner A. Wolf himself and a snappy new jacket by Caldecott Honor artist Lane Smith, whose quirky perspectives still color the illustrations throughout. As with The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, the collaborators take a classic story and send it through the wisecracker machine, much to the glee of kids young and old. (Ages 4 to 8 or much, much older) --Emilie Coulter
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