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A hilarious retelling of the traditional story. It's time for the three little wolves to go out on their own, so off they go to build themselves a sturdy brick house. They hadn't reckoned on a big bad pig with a sledgehammer! Oxenbury's enchanting watercolor illustrations, full of delightful details, will entertain all ages.

An altered retelling of the traditional tale about the conflict between pig and wolf--with a surprise ending.

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Overview

A hilarious retelling of the traditional story. It's time for the three little wolves to go out on their own, so off they go to build themselves a sturdy brick house. They hadn't reckoned on a big bad pig with a sledgehammer! Oxenbury's enchanting watercolor illustrations, full of delightful details, will entertain all ages.

An altered retelling of the traditional tale about the conflict between pig and wolf--with a surprise ending.

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Publishers Weekly
ISBN 0-689-81528-X. PW's starred review applauded the "laugh-out-loud results" of this talented team's clever interpretation, calling it "among the wittiest fractured fairy tales around." Ages 5-10. (Apr.)
School Library Journal
PreS-Gr 3-``Once upon a time, there were three cuddly little wolves with soft fur and fluffy tails....'' They go out into the world to build a house for themselves only to be menaced by a big bad pig. In a clever switch on the familiar counterparts, these sweet-faced innocents use brick, concrete, and steel constructions, but their nemesis is not called big and bad for nothing. With sledgehammer, pneumatic drill, and dynamite, the pig wrecks each structure. ``Something must be wrong with our building materials,'' the wolves muse. Their final house is build from flowers, insubstantial yet beautiful. It is their lovely scent that causes the pig to change his nasty ways and all live together as friends happily ever after. The text has the repeating situations and phrases from the traditional version. Oxenbury's pastel watercolor illustrations combine the coziness of a nursery tale with tongue-in-cheek humor. They are animated and full of personality. Children familiar with The Three Little Pigs will enjoy the turnabout, the narrow escapes, and the harmonious ending. This may also be used to inspire them to develop their own adaptations of classic tales.-Karen James, Louisville Free Public Library, KY
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PreS-Gr 3--A menacing pig is thwarted by three endearing young wolves in this new twist on the porcine favorite. Three cheers for these frisky, frolicking creatures--and for the swine who learns the joy of friendship and beauty. (Dec. 1993)

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780689815287
  • Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
  • Publication date: 4/28/1997
  • Edition description: Reprint
  • Pages: 32
  • Sales rank: 46,689
  • Age range: 7 - 10 Years
  • Lexile: AD700L (what's this?)
  • Product dimensions: 8.10 (w) x 9.90 (h) x 0.10 (d)

Meet the Author

Helen Oxenbury is the renowned illustrator of many classic picture books, including We'e Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen and The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas. Ms. Oxenbury lives with her husband, illustrator John Burningham, in North London.

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  • Posted May 15, 2010

    Gives kids a surprise!

    This book turns the tables on the 3 Little Pigs, and instead consists of three gentle wolves terrorized by one big bad pig! Its a great twist and the extremes the wolves and the pig go to are hilarious and unexpected. Both boys and girls will get a kick out of their antics. They eventually resort to peaceful co-existence and it is interesting to see how they become friends in the end. My 7 year old enjoys this book a lot, I'm not sure that a child younger than 4 would really understand some of the ways the wolves protect themselves and the destructive ways the pig gets to them. Not every child maybe knows what a pneumatic drill is but it definitely looks impressive! The artwork is very detailed and lends a lot to the story. Seeing things destroyed and blown up is probably amusing to most kids and I'd recommend this book to almost anyone.

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  • Posted July 19, 2009

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    Good Twist

    This is fun book with a twist on on a classic. My 2.5 yr old wanted to hear it every day for about two weeks!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 17, 2008

    A story of hope

    This is one of my all time favourites. I have been reading it to preschoolers (and any adults who will listen) since it was published. The message is of persistence during extremely difficult circumstances (don't forget to rescue the china teapot!) I hope the reviewer who threw the book away gets it out of the bin and tries to see the beauty in this retelling. Children learn from many sources - one book will not teach them that an evil person can be changed with sweet smelling flowers, but it will start them on the path to acceptance of others.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 19, 2007

    My favorite kids book!

    I love this book. It's fun to read and introduces kids to a lot of words that you don't use in everyday conversation. How can you not love a story that has a pneumatic drill in it??

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 14, 2005

    Fun and Exciting

    I think this story has a really different perspective from the original tale of the three little pigs and the big bad wolf. I think this is a good book for a little older kids because there is some violence like a sledgehammer, a pneumatic drill, and dynamite. I think it is a little violence for really young children. But a very fun and entertaining story to read. I really enjoyed it and I hope you do too.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 7, 2004

    Positively freaking BRILLIANT!

    Funny, charming, and an wildly entertaining, both for children and adults. A wonderful spin on a classic, told from a really different perspective. I never knew that wolves were so refined, so polite, and so sophisticated! The artwork is gorgeous. My students adore this book and ask me to read it again and again. They drink in at all the fine detail in the watercolor pictures, and they are tickled with the twist on the original fairy tale with which they are so familiar. I marvel and chuckle at the use of words and phrases like 'pneumatic drill,' a comical and sharp contrast to the delicate and dainty language in the descriptions of the wolves and their activities. The pig uses the jackhammer, which poses a poignant and sharp contrast to the refined wolves' beloved and very delicate china teapot. In a word, this book is brilliant.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 3, 2004

    Great story for language arts skills

    This story has children looking at a classic story from a different point of view. It is a great story to use for comparing and contrasting. I highly recommend this book. It is a great way to introduce children to the language arts skills of comparing, contasting and what is similar.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 7, 2004

    Three Little Wolves dangerously pacifist

    I REALLY DISLIKED this book. I was innocently reading this book to my children at bedtime. The big, bad pig is terribly mean, putting me in mind of a terrorist, destroying every really well fortified house the wolves build for no purpose. Just when I'm feeling stressed both as the reader and for my small children listening, the solution to the problem is given. The terrorized wolves remove all safety precautions taken in building their home and instead build a home of flowers, which makes the pig nice and sweet and their friend. I felt this gave my children a completely unrealistic view of REALLY BAD people. Sometimes people are really evil (like this pig), both criminals and terrorists and planting flowers and being nice will not always protect you from them. I actually threw the book away so as not to be responsible for anyone else reading such a harmful message. I give this one negative stars!

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    Posted December 6, 2009

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