by David Wiesner
Wiesner, D. (2001). The three pigs. New York: Clarion Books.
The big bad wolf huffs and puffs and blows down a little pig's house of straw, but...his gust of air also blows the pig out of the story! When he moves on to the house of sticks, the first pig calls the second off of the page to safety. The third pig joins them, and together they go on an adventure through other stories. When the pigs return back to the story with some new friends, the wolf receives a surprise he never expected.
This picture book starts out in the expected tradition of The Three Little Pigs, but then suddenly changes in an unexpected way. Wiesner's active imagination comes to life when his characters literally step off of the page. This unique point-of-view creates an interesting story. His illustrations are necessary to understand what is happening. They are particularly creative in how they display the animals one way when they are inside the story and differently when they are outside the story. I especially loved the black and white dragon story compared to the colorful, scaly dragon after he crawled off the page. I also think that the speech bubbles helped distinguish between the "real" animals versus the animals as characters within the various stories. Oh, and the way the letters scattered near the end of the book...clever!
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Author, David Wiesner's website: http://www.hmhbooks.com/wiesner/
Book trailer:
The big bad wolf huffs and puffs and blows down a little pig's house of straw, but...his gust of air also blows the pig out of the story! When he moves on to the house of sticks, the first pig calls the second off of the page to safety. The third pig joins them, and together they go on an adventure through other stories. When the pigs return back to the story with some new friends, the wolf receives a surprise he never expected.
This picture book starts out in the expected tradition of The Three Little Pigs, but then suddenly changes in an unexpected way. Wiesner's active imagination comes to life when his characters literally step off of the page. This unique point-of-view creates an interesting story. His illustrations are necessary to understand what is happening. They are particularly creative in how they display the animals one way when they are inside the story and differently when they are outside the story. I especially loved the black and white dragon story compared to the colorful, scaly dragon after he crawled off the page. I also think that the speech bubbles helped distinguish between the "real" animals versus the animals as characters within the various stories. Oh, and the way the letters scattered near the end of the book...clever!
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Author, David Wiesner's website: http://www.hmhbooks.com/wiesner/
Book trailer:
