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The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig (Paperback) (平装)
by Eugene Trivizas (Author), Helen Oxenbury (Illustrator)
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Tale, Classics, Ages 4-8, Children's books |
| Market price: ¥ 108.00
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¥ 98.00
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MSL rating:
 Good for Gifts |
| MSL Pointer Review:
An altered retelling of the traditional tale about the conflict between pig and wolf-with a surprise ending. |
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D. Blankenship (MSL quote), Ozark
<2007-03-16 00:00>
The story of the Three Little Pigs has been around for years and years and few children, nor adults, for that matter do not know of it. Here we have the roles of the "bad guy" completely reversed. The kids love this one and think it is truely funny. I did like the fact that the wolves did not receive the bad press that they normally receive in such tales and I did like the fact that even though the Big Bad Pig was truely bad in the beginning, he did indeed have redeeming features. The illustrations were great and the text followed the illustrations perfectly. This is a fun book to read to the class. I highly recommend this one.
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A. Woodley (MSL quote), New Zealand
<2007-03-16 00:00>
Nice little book which tips the concept of the three little pigs on its head. My under 5 year old girls have started to understand that the story of the three little pigs has been told from a different perspective - now it is the three little wolves and the big bad pig
Illustrated beautifully by Helen Oxenbury it is a fun and funny story. a new morality tale.
I think I enjoy it more than my two girls though, they can see that it is funny but I have a feeling that they are still really too young to appeciate it completely. It is more for the older child (4 and up definitely)as the humour is just a bit more sophisticated than they are ready for.
I will re-introduce this for them later as I do enjoy it and would like to share with them
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Chapulina R (MSL quote), USA
<2007-03-16 00:00>
As a kid, I loved wolves and hated the Three Little Pigs. So this funny, wolf-friendly revision of the creepy old classic really tickles me! It begins with Mama Wolf sending her doting pups off into the wide world with the warning: "Beware of the Big Bad Pig!" Keeping Mama's message in mind, the trio decides to build a strong house for protection from the boorish boar. The three fluffy, friendly, refined little wolves are never named, but I like to call them Frasier, Niles, and Daphne. The pig, a burly bully of a construction-worker, could be named Brutus. Safe in the yard of their new brick home, the little wolves play a spirited game of squash. Suddenly the swaggering swine shows up! In a reversal of the original tale, the Big Bad Pig pounds on the wolves' door and demands to come in, while they quaver, "Not by the hair on our chinny-chin-chins!" Then, using his construction hardware, the pig destroys the brick house, and the wolves flee with their fluffy tails between their legs! As the three little wolves build progressively massive fortresses, the big bad pig employs heavy ground-breaking and demolitions equipment to smash them to rubble. At last, the little wolves have no materials left with which to build, except - ah, but I'm not going to give away the surprise! Let's just say, the ending is a lot sweeter than the original. No one gets boiled alive or devoured, and the the classic adversaries even become friends. Kids and parents will love the beautiful artwork and the silliness of the story, although the ending might seem just a bit too saccharine after all the destruction and mayhem.
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L. J Young (MSL quote), USA
<2007-03-16 00:00>
When my daughter first brought this book home from kindergarten I tried to read it to her. I couldn't! I was laughing so hard that I couldn't make it through. I evently did, and my daughter loved it. She then took it to have her grandmother read it to her, the same thing happened.
Even today, as an 11 year old, my daughter loves this book. It is one of the few "children's" books that still remain on her bookshelf.
Is there a moral? Does there have to be? It is a funny, lighthearted story, that gives kids the opportunity to explore creativity by changing things as they know it.
I have shared this book with several of my daughter's classes, and each time I have, I have been told that there have been several more orders for this book.
Is it a classic? Probably not. It is entertaining? Most definately.
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Deanna (MSL quote), USA
<2007-03-16 00:00>
In "The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig," Eugene Trivizas puts a twist on the classic children's story. Instead of the three little pigs being terrorized, it's now the three little wolves having their houses blown down by the big bad pig.
My grandma bought me this book when I was just 5-years-old and I absolutely adored it! I made sure I read it everyday. I, personally, thought the ending was funny and cute.
Although a few of the words may be too difficult for really young kids to understand, this is a great book to purchase for your child!
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-03-16 00:00>
I was looking at this book in our school library when a fellow teacher leaned over my shoulder, read the title, and said, "Oh, no! I bet this one is hysterical!"
She was right.
The obvious role-reversal of Wolf and Pig in the retelling of this old classic is sure to make any child giggle even before the book is opened. Once you DO start reading it, stand back! Three cuddly little wolves are sent by their mother out into the world to make their way (mom is painting her nails black and has curlers in her hair and tail--a very nice touch!). The three wolves, in a departure from the original tale, borrow some bricks from a passing kangaroo and build a sturdy brick house.
All goes well and they're out in the garden playing croquet when the Big, Bad Pig comes sauntering along. The wolves hid inside, won't let him in, and the Big Bad Pig tries to blow the house down.
He cant, of course. The house is brick! But, "the pig wasn't called big and bad for nothing. He went and fetched his sledgehammer and knocked the house down." The illustrations by Ms. Oxenbury of the pig smashing the walls with a hammer while the wolves flee through a window is worth the cost of the book alone. But, wait! There's more!
They build a succession of stronger houses, each which is demolished by the pig (he uses a pneumatic hammer and dynamite). Only when they try to change their tactics and make a house of flower does the pig change his ways and see how destructive and obnoxious he was.
This is a marvelous book, and no mistake. There are probably a good 200 versions of the Three Little Pigs, many of which end with the grisly death of the wolf. In the Three Little Wolves, not only is the reader immediately hooked on the role reversal of wolf and pig, but the text and illustrations are simply hysterical and the peaceful ending make it far more enjoyable than the original fable. This is a book that should be in everyone's library!!
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-03-16 00:00>
As a parent with young children who like to be read to every night, it is very easy to quickly approach fifty readings of the same story. It can be painful, and all we as parents can do is try to introduce into the household books that we also appreciate. The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig is absolutely hilarious. There is the obvious role reversal and the introduction of modern building materials for the wolves, such as Plexiglas and video surviellance, and equally destructive tools are available to the big bad pig. The pig is a persistent menace who craftily wields a pneumatic drill and gleefully triggers the dynamite fuse, and it is easy to worry about conveying the wrong message to the kids while laughing so hard that I had to take a composure break. In the end, sensitivity wins over brute force and the positive massage is clear to all, but not before very clever entertainment through great illustrations and witty prose. It so apparent that the authors enjoyed writing this book, as we enjoyed reading it.
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