Lane Smith’s illustrations are dark, yet humorous to an extent. Scieszka does a great job in relating the wolf’s predicament to the viewers, so that when you read the story, you probably are feeling sorrier for the wolf then for the little pigs. Jon Scieszka’s master storytelling is comical and creative as he describes the wolf’s side of the story in great detail, even giving him a name to go by. 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 the illustrations. 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. Also, this story is notably popular for its wit and humor as Alexander T. “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. It's actually an extremely funny picture book, fun if you're 3 or 33 or 103. If you have not read this one, do yourself a favor and check it out. Peace and order was restored to my little area of the world and I once again got to relive my childhood favorite, this time with the eyes of a dad watching the child discover for the first time what really happened and how that poor wolf was framed. Every time the wolf sneezed she howled with laughter. What if she didn't like it? MY CHILDHOOD WAS AT STAKE. I know going into every single one that she's going to at least have fun, but this was different. I've never been nervous about reading a story to my daughter before. Usually story time was reserved for before bed… then it occurred was this a trap? Was she going to bed early for some reason? Had dad lost his perception of time?įear not, if this was a trap for anyone, it was me. Upon getting home I immediately went up to my daughter and said "STORY TIME!" This was a delightful change of pace for her. While checking out a used bookstore today I saw a copy and picked it up. This was my favorite picture book when I was a kid. What of their tales? What, for example, is the Big Bad Wolf's take on those damnable pigs? What of the villain's though? Does one need to have "sympathy for the devil" as the Rolling Stones might have said. 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. Otherwise, how are they ever going to learn to lie?įor the most part, stories take the hero's point of view. This is one of the books you've gotta have in your library if you're the owner of small children. It's not Alex's fault that he had a cold and sneezed, is it?Īnd he can't help it if some little porker constructs a house that's so shoddy it collapses and kills him, can he?Īnd you can't let a good ham sandwich go to waste, right? He's such a lying-liar pants, but his excuses are funny.if a tad see-through. Point is, it's an AWESOME story and since I bought it, that made me AWESOME by default. In her defense, it's a skinny little paperback that had probably been lost between 3 bjillion other skinny little paperbacks on the shelves. 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. This is maybe the BEST 3 Little Pigs story out there.
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