The three horrid little pigs

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Title:

The three horrid little pigs

Alternate title:

Three little pigs

Author:

Pichon, Liz, author.

Summary:

When their mother sends them packing, three pigs find despicable ways to find new accommodations, but when the big, friendly wolf tries to show them the error of their ways, the pigs respond by huffing and puffing.

General Note:

"Originally published in Great Britain 2008 by Little Tiger Press"--P. opposite t.p.

Adaptation of "The Three Little Pigs."

Physical Description:

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.

Genre:

Fractured fairy tales.

Picture books.

Subject Term:

Swine -- Juvenile fiction.

Wolves -- Juvenile fiction.

Behavior -- Juvenile fiction.

Fairy tales -- Adaptations -- Juvenile literature.

Three little pigs (Tale) -- Adaptations -- Juvenile fiction.

Publisher:

Tiger Tales,

Publication Date:

2008

ISBN:

9781589250772

Publication Information:

Wilton, CT : Tiger Tales, c2008.

Call Number:

P PICHON

Holds: Copies:

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Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
33607002216102	Picture Books	PICHON	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

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Summary

What happens when the three little pigs are so horrid they even drive their own mother crazy? She sends them away to make their own homes. The first little pig steals straw from the cows in the field to build his house and the second little pig takes the twigs from the birds to build his house. The third little pig is so lazy he just moves into a chicken coop and now the hens have nowhere to go. When each of the little pigs find themselves without sturdy homes of their own, along comes the big, friendly wolf (who just happens to be a builder) to help the three horrid little pigs see the error of their ways!

Author Notes

Liz Pichon is a British illustrator and children's writer. She studied graphic design in the Camberwell School of Art in London. She worked as art director in the musical label Jive Records. Afterwards she started working as a freelance illustrator and writer of children's books. She also writes the Tom Gates Series. Her titles include: The Brilliant World of Tom Gates, Tom Gates Everything's Amazing (sort of), Tom Gates Best Book Day Ever! and Tom Gates Super Good Skills (Almost). Her children's title The Very Ugly Book became well known in Worldcat Libraries.

Her awards include the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, The Red House Book Award Best Book for Young Readers, the Waterstone¹s Best Fiction for 5-12 year olds Prize, and the Blue Peter Award for Best Story.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (1)

School Library Journal Review

PreS-Gr 2-If you think you can't jam another twist on a classic tale into your collection, think again. Three pesky porcine protagonists are so bad that their mother kicks them out of the house. They are so lazy that they merely pile up sticks and straw for houses and one takes over a henhouse. The wolf is portrayed as a helpful handyman who offers to shore up their shoddy construction but is rebuffed each time. Rendered homeless by straw-eating cows, nesting birds who need sticks, and a pecking rooster who reclaims the henhouse, the homeless pigs get ready to head for the kindly wolf's abode. When he hears the pigs on the roof, he prepares a "big pot of boiling...soup" and invites them in. The tale ends with everyone living together happily ever after. The full-color cartoon illustrations capture the pigs' bad behavior and comeuppance with a goofy exuberance. The font size shrinks and enlarges to mirror the action and the text works as a fun read-aloud as well as a read-alone.-Marge Loch-Wouters, Menasha Public Library, WI (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.