“The True Story of the Three Little Pigs” became one of the most popular books in 1989, earning awards, including the New York Times Best Illustrated book. Also, this story is notably popular for its wit and humor as Alexander T. Wolf (Al for short) tries to explain to the reader his side of the story on what happened when he met the three little pigs.There are so many positive aspects in this story that I would enjoy discussing, but the main positive aspects in this story are the writing and t

For the most part, stories take the hero's point of view. This may seem obvious, we are after all supposed to follow them along their tale… and in most cases we are supposed to sympathize with them. What of the villain's though? Does one need to have "sympathy for the devil" as the Rolling Stones might have said. What of their tales? What, for example, is the Big Bad Wolf's take on those damnable pigs?This was my favorite picture book when I was a kid. While checking out a used bookstore today I...

[Book #36 for my grad school Children's Lit class]

5 INCREDIBLE ★'sThe True Story of the 3 Little Pigs became one of the most popular books in 1989, earning awards, like the New York Times Best Illustrated book. It's also notably popular for its humor. This book, in particular, is narrated by The Big Bad Wolf and he tries to explain to the reader his side of the story as to what happened when he met the three little pigs. This book is really funny and cute and I really enjoyed it a lot. It's one of the best books I ever read as a kid and let's f...

This is maybe the BEST 3 Little Pigs story out there.My daughter saw this on our bookshelf the other day and freaked out (she's 9, so cut her some slack) because she didn't realize we owned it. In her defense, it's a skinny little paperback that had probably been lost between 3 bjillion other skinny little paperbacks on the shelves.Point is, it's an AWESOME story and since I bought it, that made me AWESOME by default.Mom Logic. Don't argue. In this version, Alexander T. Wolf tells his side of th...

Very funny take on this popular story. I always thought they framed the wolf considering their were 3 of them and one of him. I really enjoyed this book and my son loved it too. 🥰😍

This book is so freaking awesome! Everybody should read it- now. Just do it. Just eat it. I mean... whatever. BTW, this is Barbara (Seth's sister )writing Seth's review.Back (this is Barbara pretending to be Seth)in my day, when I was but a wee lad of the tender age of four or five or something, I was introduced to this marvelous, touching, inspiring, novelty of a book. It changed my whole life, introducing me to a whole new outlook on life.I read this book so many times (okay, i admit, i had to...

Jon Scieszka is absolutely hilarious. If you want to know what really went down with the big, bad wolf and the three little pigs, you should certainly check this out. Make sure and read it to your children too. After all, that's who it was written for. They'll get a kick out of it too (as will adults!).Also, for those of you who don't like to read, there's a 10 min cartoon narrated by Paul Giamatti floating around. I found it on Hoopla.

In this hysterical and clever fracture fairy tale picture book that twists point of view and perspective, young readers will finally hear the other side of the story of “The Three Little Pigs.”

This is one of my favorite books as a child. I always enjoyed the idea that the true story of the three little pigs, was different than what we knew to be true. I have to say even as a child I always liked the big bad wolf better than those annoying little pigs, maybe this was an early sign of my link to liking bad boys. : ) I recently picked up this book again, and read though it. I have to say that many books usually do not stand up to a second read through. Especially if you read the book as

I rememeber reading this book as a kid. I liked the reversal in roles and how the wolf was the nice guy while the pigs were assholes, but I really do wish they had used a different illustrator for this book.

This is a hilarious children's classic. I remember it being one of my introductions to the fact that there are other sides, other perspectives in fairy tales. Even at my age now on old almost 33, it was a fun read.

To check out my reviews: http://dancinginth3dark.blogspot.comI remember being introduced to this book when I was in 7th grade by my civics teacher. She is a lawyer and during that period she wanted to showcase what lawyers do in the courtroom and the jargon terms they use when they prosecute and defend their client. She used this book as the basis and had students play the characters and I was the jury member. While the students were epic failures in dealing with the court case I treasured this

Just as delightful as I remember it being. Lane Smith's illustrations really make the story, but I loved the creativity on the author's part as the Big Bad Wolf tells the 3 Little Pigs story from his POV. Hilarious take on the classic story.

the wolf -- Al, to be exact -- tells his side of the story!hilarious!(for some reason I kept hearing the voice of Jon Lovitz as I was reading ...)**25th anniversary edition

I am framed by the media. WITCH HUNT! Fake news! Ignore the destroyed houses, my bulging stomach and my raging. Taken out of context. SAD!

Having grown up with the story of "The Three Little Pigs," when I first read this spoof on the traditional tale, I just had to laugh. The wolf tells his side of the story just like young children always feel it's important to give their version of what happens. According to the wolf, he was not doing anything wrong (what a surprise!) and he's gotten a bum deal ever since the events occurred which are related in the story.This is a great book to use when teaching point of view. It's easy to see t...

Many variations of the three little pigs story are told with sympathy for the pigs who are being tormented by the big, bad wolf. In this version of the story, the wolf insists that the entire event was a big misunderstanding. He admits to eating the pigs, but insisted it was after they accidentally died. He begs the reader for sympathy, and argues that judging his desire to eat pigs isn't fair since he can't help his appetite. All tactics of manipulation are employed, including talking about his...

While every child has heard the tale of the Three Little Pigs. Very few have heard the story from the point of view of the poor, germ afflicted, Alexander Wolf Reading this traditional tale from the point of view of the usual 'baddie,' was very amusing. Particularly, the clever way in which A. Wolf's legendary catchphrase, 'i'll huff and i'll puff,' is twisted into the accidental huffing, snuffing and sneezing of houses down. From a teaching perspective, this book has a number of possible idea...

Summary: This is a spin-off of the original story The Three Little Pigs. Alexander Wolf gets his chance to explain his side of the story. Instead of being an intimidating, evil wolf, he went to his two neighbors (the pig brothers) to borrow a cup of sugar. He had a rather nasty cold and so he ended up sneezing so hard that he blew their houses done. When he went to the third pig's house, the pig refused to open the door and insulted his grandmother. The police came and arrested the wolf and the