Illustrated by Lane Smith
From the author of The Stinky Cheese Man comes yet another twisted fairy tale. The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs is the Alexander T. Wolf's tale of what really happened. All he wanted was to borrow a cup of sugar from his neighbor, who happened to be a little pig! And it totally wasn't his fault that the pig was dumb enough to build his house out of straw. As he knocked, suddenly the wolf felt a sneeze coming on! "And you know what? That whole darn house fell down. And right in the middle of the pile of straw was the First Little Pig - dead as a doornail. He had been home the whole time. It seemed like a shame to leave a perfectly good ham dinner lying there in the straw. So I ate it up. Think of it as big cheeseburger just lying there."
And so it goes.
Like The Stinky Cheese Man, The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs has very detailed and creative illustrations (they have the same illustrator). Unlike The Stinky Cheese Man, The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs has a more traditional picture book format. But regardless of that, it offers a unique perspective on a popular fairy tale and is sure to delight readers of all ages (and that includes you!). This book would be great for a classroom discussion on how the narrator's viewpoint affects the story, or even about how there is more than one side of the story in every conflict (within literature as well as within the classroom!) This book is funny and it offers a new twist on an old favorite, and is a must-read for everyone.
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