1. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Marshall,
James. 1989. THE THREE LITTLE PIGS New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap. ISBN 0448422883
2. PLOT SUMMARY
Each of the three little pigs builds a house. The first pig builds its house of straw. The wolf
comes and blows the house down. The
second pig builds its house of sticks.
The wolf comes and blows that house down also. The third pig builds its house of
bricks. The wolf tries to blow the brick
house down but he cannot. The wolf then
tries to trick the pig by getting him out of the house to go on different
outings including picking apples from the apple tree. However, the clever pig always escapes the
wolf. The wolf is frustrated and
decides to jump down the chimney but the pig has a pot of boiling water ready
for the wolf. The wolf falls into the
boiling water and the pig gobbles him up for dinner.
3.
CRITICAL ANALYSIS
James Marshall’s
version of the THREE LITTLE PIGS is a traditional version. He retains the pig’s classic“No, no, no, not
by the hair of my chinny chin chin” and the wolf’s “then I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house in.” The first two pigs escape to the third pig’s
house in many versions of this story but the first two pigs are eaten up in
this version. The story ends with the
wolf falling into the boiling pot of water and the pig cooking the wolf for
dinner. Many versions just have the
wolf running away from the pig’s house instead of getting eaten. The large, bold lettering of the text makes
the book great for beginning readers.
The gruesomeness of
the pigs being eaten is curtailed by not having any illustrations of those
events. The illustrations are simple
with bright primary colors.
4. REVIEW EXCERPT(S)
School Library Journal, 1989
5. CONNECTIONS
*Other versions of THE
THREE LITLE PIGS:
Guarnaccia, Steven.
THE THREE LITTLE PIGS: AN ARCHITECTURAL TALE. ISBN 9780810989412
Artell,
Mike. THREE LITTLE CAJUN PIGS. ISBN 08003728158
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