The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
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Book Reviews of The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Book Review: Now we know the OTHER side of the story...
Summary: 5 Stars
I believe that everyone has at least one favorite children's book. It may be one that brings back a good memory of being read to, or it may be one that can still put a smile on your face and make you laugh. For me, one of those books is The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! written by Jon Scieszka and illustrated by Lane Smith. I first read this book about thirteen years ago when my mom bought it for me. Nothing at that time could have made me happier than this book. The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! is a hilarious retelling of the classic The Three Little Pigs. Only this time, the story is told from the perspective of the "Big Bad Wolf", named A. Wolf in this story. A. Wolf's version tells all about his side of the story. At the beginning of this book, A. Wolf explains, "I don't know how this whole Big Bad Wolf thing got started, but it's all wrong". A. Wolf says that all he was trying to do was borrow a cup of sugar from the pigs so that he could bake his dear old granny a birthday cake. It was all a big misunderstanding, at least according to A. Wolf.
Not only is this one of the best written children's stories I have seen, it is also one of the best illustrated. The author Jon Scieszka is known for his off-beat children's books, and I think they are an excellent way to get children to read, because he makes his stories so much fun for all ages. I am now twenty-one years old and just re-read this book and it still made me laugh out loud. As a child, I could not get enough of this book. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to have a good laugh, and who doesn't want that?
Book Review: Train Your Child To Be A Lawyer, Marketing Exec, or Discerning Christian!.....
Summary: 5 Stars
Hilarious fun and so many pedagogical possibilities! Is it really fair to blame A. Wolf for a "terrible sneezing cold" and the pigs' poor home construction? To his credit, A. Wolf never uses the Bart Simpson "I didn't do it" excuse. No, he carefully builds a case with the rhetorical skills of a high-priced attorney: identifying with the audience to engender empathy, suggesting the claim is not warranted by the premises and that circumstantial evidence and bias has entered in and so on. Now, I'm not against all wolves (some of my best friends have fangs), but his can't-let-good-meat-go-to-waste argument just doesn't ring true...you be the judge. Activist parents wanting to train their child to argue for the oppressed and see "other perspectives" will love this book. Teachers can use this book as a point of departure for writing exercises on point of view. Christian parents can use it as "wolf protection" to warn their kids that some in the world might give such a radical different explanation of biblical facts that might seem persuasive, but upon closer examination is fallacious. For ex, when a "new perspective" on Paul comes along completely changing the gospel message, the individual might recognize the "spin," propaganda, that newer (or older) is not always truer, etc--and not be gulliblly seduced. I also recommend this book for adults as an intro/icebreaker for studying argumentation or discernment. Both Scieszka's story and Lane Smith's visuals are beginning to end funny. And what fun to hear a child say, "hey, that's not how it goes!"Book Review: Big Bad Wolf?
Summary: 5 Stars
I read the True Story of The Three
Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka illustrated by Lane Smith. The problem is that a wolf needs sugar for his granny's cake. He goes to a pig's house and needs to sneeze and blows down the house and eats the first pig. Then eats the second pig after he sneezed and blew down the house. But he never blew down the house where the third pig lived. I liked the book because it is knew version of the three little pigs. One message is to let people borrow things. The theme is don't judge people by how they look because they could be good like the wolf but they didn't believe him because they thought he would eat them. They put in good descriptions, but the words were easy for me so it might be better for second graders. The conflict is that the pigs wouldn't give the wolf the sugar and that is person vs. person. The illustrations are great because they show what happened in the words the best illustration is when the wolf knocked
And the door fell down because it said it in the text. The characters were funny and not that smart because all the wolf wanted was a cup of sugar and they did not give it to him. I liked this version more than the other ones because he retold this one in a funny way. The intended advice is for the older kids who don't trust other kids.
Book Review: "Wolf's Honor!"
Summary: 5 Stars
To think that all this time we've gotten it wrong! According to this tale in the very words of Alfred T Wolf, he has suffered for years under the misnomer "Big, Bad", when the truth is that the whole brouhaha is the result of a borrowed cup of sugar and a few random sneezes. (Sounds like the allergy alibi to me.)
Apparently, Mr. Wolf is only guilty of trying to borrow a cup of sugar in good faith, caught in exigent circumstances beyond his control. That the first neighbor's house (Pig #1) was made of straw only occasioned a fit of sneezing, leading to the pigs demise, followed by an equally unfortunate visit to Pig #2, with similar results. And still no cup of sugar! By the time Wolf approaches Pig #3, the allergy excuse has worn thin and a fit of temper lands A.T. Wolf behind bars. Of course, the press makes a mountain out of a molehill, blowing the whole story out of proportion. Hence, the slanderous name of Big, Bad Wolf!
This imaginative perspective on a familiar fairy tale is a delight to read, if a bit self-aggrandizing, the inimitable illustrations of Lane Smith making the case for one very misguided lupine, willing to go to any lengths for a little free press. Luan Gaines/2005.
Book Review: The True Story Of The Three Little Pigs
Summary: 5 Stars
The true story of the three little pigs is about a wolf who needed a cup of sugur for his grandma's birthday cake.The wolf was also sick.So the wolf went to the first house.It was made of hay.The wolf said hello is any body there?
Nobody answered. He was about to go home when he felt a snezze coming up.Then the wolf sneezed the hay house down.Then the wolf saw a pig in the gound so the wolf ate it. Then he went to another house that was the pigs brother.
He made a house of wood.Then the wolf said is any body home.The pig said you can't come in wolf, I am shaving my chinny chin chin. So then the wolf was about to go home and he felt another sneeze coming up. The wolf sneezed. The wood house fell down. He saw another pig in the ground and ate it.
Then the wolf went to the pig's big brother's house. the pig made his house of bricks. Then the wolf said hello is anyone in there? the pig said get out wolf. The wolf was just about to go home when he felt a sneeze coming up. He sneezed at the brick house, but it didn't fall down.
I would recommend this book because it is funny and great book for little kids.