Book Descriptions
for The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
Pointing out that he's a classic victim of news media bias, Alexander T. Wolf ("You can call me Al") claims "the real story is about a sneeze and a cup of sugar." He also tries to make a case for the bad press wolves receive for eating "cute little animals . . . That's just the way we are. If cheeseburgers were cute, people would probably think you were Big and Bad, too." Fresh wit and visual irony abound. Readers see Al's allegedly cute homemade cheeseburger containing grisly ingredients midst its pickles and bun. The jacket art expands the theme by suggesting a tabloid newspaper. (Ages 7-11)
CCBC Choices 1989. © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 1989. Used with permission.
From the Publisher
A bilingual flip-over edition of Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith's hysterical and cleaver twist on "The Three Little Pigs"!
You may think you know the story of the Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf, but now here's the story as you've never heard it before. In the highly acclaimed, bestselling book Alexander T. Wolf tells his side of the story. Was it premeditated swineacide or simply an accident? The full English and Spanish editions of The True Story of the Three Little Pigs! are combined in a bilingual flip-over book.
You may think you know the story of the Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf, but now here's the story as you've never heard it before. In the highly acclaimed, bestselling book Alexander T. Wolf tells his side of the story. Was it premeditated swineacide or simply an accident? The full English and Spanish editions of The True Story of the Three Little Pigs! are combined in a bilingual flip-over book.
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