The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! By A. Wolf as told to Jon Scieszka



BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Scieszka, Jon. 1989.The True Story of The 3 Little Pigs! by A. Wolf. Ill. by Lane Smith. 
New York, NY: Viking Penguin. ISBN 0670825792

PLOT SUMMARY:
Alexander T. Wolf recounts the incident(s) that occurred with his neighbors, three pigs, to Jon Scieszka.

CRITICAL ANALYSIS:

This fractured fairy tale will send readers into a laughing fit even adult readers. With the story of The Three Little Pigs firmly planeted in everyone's childhood memory, the recounting of it by Alexander T. Wolf is hilarious. Convincing the reader that he was baking a cake for his granmother, that his sneezes were accidental and his eating the pigs, a natural instinct, Wolf possesses an "it's not my fault" attitude that may draw sympathy for him but in the end he is punished. The reporters, newspaper clippings and police modernize this classic tale. Although Smith's illustration are whimsical and fantasy-like, they are clever, using items as letters in "This is the real story" page to begin the tale.

AWARDS AND REVIEW EXCERPTS:
From Booklist

"Wiesner's latest is a post-modern fantasy for young readers that takes Scieszka's fragmentation a step further: it not only breaks apart and deliciously reinvents the pigs' tale, it invites readers to step beyond the boundaries of story and picture book altogether."-Carolyn Phelan Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

From School Library Journal
"... the bespectacled wolf moves with a rather sinister bonelessness, and his juicy sneezes tear like thunderbolts through a dim, grainy world. It's the type of book that older kids (and adults) will find very funny." - John Peters, New York Public Library Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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