The Three Little Pigs
Retold & Illustrated by Paul Galdone
Bibliography:
Galdone, Paul. 1998. THE THREE LITTLE PIGS: A Folktale Classic. Ill. Paul Galdone. New York: Clarion Books an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-395-28813-9.
Plot Summary:
THE THREE LITTLE PIGS is a classic tale that is about poor Mother Sow who is so poor, she has to send her three little piglets out into the world to make it on their own. The first little pig meets a man carrying straw, the second little pig meets a man carrying sticks and the third little pig meets a man carrying bricks. The fate of the little pigs revolves around the way they each make their house and how they handle ‘the BIG BAD wolf’.
CRITICAL ANALYSIS:
Paul Galdone gives us a charmingly illustrated retelling of a classic tale. His characters have expressions that match their ordeal, and the BIG BAD wolf, is clever enough to give a little thump to readers. This particular edition has an inviting cover and is would make a perfect give to any beginning reader to cherish for years to come.
Review Excerpts:
Amazon.com Review
Clear plots, careful prose style, and bright, action-packed illustrations have catapulted Paul Galdone's takes on traditional tales to the top of teachers' and librarians' lists for decades. Galdone retold and illustrated many folk and fairy tales during his long career, including The Gingerbread Boy, The Little Red Hen, Puss in Boots, and The Three Billy Goats Gruff. His stories always have an exact picture-to-text match and a thoughtful distribution of text to illustration, making them excellent choices for reading aloud to a group of children. This edition of the popular story of three porcine siblings and one wily wolf has endured for almost 30 years--the building of different kinds of houses, the wolf's various attempts to lure the smart pig from his brick house, and the satisfying denouement, where the wolf lands in the pot of boiling water as the main course for the pig's supper. Before children can understand a hilarious parody such as Jon Scieszka's The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, they should get a delicious, Galdone-style taste of the real McCoy. (Ages 3 to 6)
--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
Review
"All in all, a very appealing edition of a beloved story." School Library Journal
Connections:
It would be fun to have students act out the story in their own interpretations.
A literature class could research all of the different versions of the story and compare them.
Students could make puppets and have puppet shows in their class and for lower grade levels.
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