The Three Little Rigs

by David Gordon

Overview

From the author/illustrator of Extremely Cute Animals Operating Heavy Machinery!

"Will mesmerize tool-and-vehicle-obsessed little ones" (ALA Booklist). "Kids who love trucks will enjoy this adaptation" (School Library Journal).

When the three little rigs set out to build their own garages, each one thinks that his is going to be the strongest. But then the big bad wrecking ball comes to call and threatens to smash their new homes to smithereens. The brothers learn that it’s only by bravery and teamwork that they can win the day.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780060581183
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	05/10/2005
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	690,277
Product dimensions:	10.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.25(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

David Gordon is the author and illustrator of the New York Times bestseller Extremely Cute Animals Operating Heavy Machinery as well as The Ugly Truckling and The Three Little Rigs. He has also done concept work for Pixar's Toy Story I and II; A Bug's Life; Monsters, Inc.; and Cars, as well as the hit Nickelodeon cartoon show SpongeBob SquarePants. He helped design the characters in BlueSky's feature film Robots. Dave Gordon lives in New York City, where he continues to create stories for children.

David Gordon is the author and illustrator of the New York Times bestseller Extremely Cute Animals Operating Heavy Machinery as well as The Ugly Truckling and The Three Little Rigs. He has also done concept work for Pixar's Toy Story I and II; A Bug's Life; Monsters, Inc.; and Cars, as well as the hit Nickelodeon cartoon show SpongeBob SquarePants. He helped design the characters in BlueSky's feature film Robots. Dave Gordon lives in New York City, where he continues to create stories for children.

Editorial Reviews

Gr 1-3-Three little rigs are sent off by their mama to build their own individual garages. The blue one builds his out of wood, the yellow one uses bricks, and the red one makes his out of steel. The evil wrecking ball comes and smashes the first two. The final rig, along with his brothers, enlists the help of the cranes and sends the wrecking ball, the mean magnet, and the cruel cutter to their fiery deaths in the melting pot. This fractured tale is not for the faint of heart. The wrecking ball itself has a scary, monsterlike face. The pages with the rigs are, by contrast, light and shiny. The accomplished artwork adds great drama to the story. Kids who love trucks will enjoy this adaptation, and fans of David Gordon's The Ugly Truckling (HarperCollins, 2004) are also a likely audience.-Linda M. Kenton, San Rafael Public Library, CA Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

School Library Journal

Mama rig sends the three little rigs out into the world to build their own garages. Sound slightly familiar? "Little rig, little rig, let me come in!" says the big bad wrecking ball, to which the little rig replies, "Not by the chrome on my chinny chin, chin." His garage is then smashed to smithereens. A similar fate meets the second little rig's shelter. The third rig, however, builds his garage of steel. When the wrecking ball shows up with the mean magnet and the cruel cutter, together the three little rigs enlist the help of three big cranes. Kids keen on tools will enjoy the array of building machines such as a loader, air compressor, nail gun and welder. In this companion to The Ugly Truckling (2004), Gordon uses the familiar fairy tale as a framework to extol the virtues of teamwork. The scary-looking wrecking ball and his cronies meet a nasty end, making this a story for a slightly older reader. Illustrated in colors ranging from creamy taffies to shades of metallic gray, the art is a young industrialist's dream come true. (Picture book. 4-7)

Kirkus Reviews