The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by John Scieszka; ill. by Lane Smith
Genre: fantasy
Has there ever been a more sympathetic version of the "big bad" wolf than in this story? I think not! Scieszka delights with this twisted fairy tale, in which our main character (Alexander Wolf) shares how the whole incident with the three little pigs was just a huge misunderstanding, and that he's really the victim here. All Alexander wanted to do was bake his grandmother a cake--and since he's out of sugar, he visits the pigs to borrow some. What happens next is entirely, unequivocally not. his. fault. Probably. Possibly.
Lesson idea: Take a look at other fairy tales--maybe the bad guys in those are misunderstood. Have the students rewrite a fairy tale. Then, have the students design a newspaper much like the cover of the book, where their not-so-bad-guy can share his/her side of the story.
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Genre: fantasy
Has there ever been a more sympathetic version of the "big bad" wolf than in this story? I think not! Scieszka delights with this twisted fairy tale, in which our main character (Alexander Wolf) shares how the whole incident with the three little pigs was just a huge misunderstanding, and that he's really the victim here. All Alexander wanted to do was bake his grandmother a cake--and since he's out of sugar, he visits the pigs to borrow some. What happens next is entirely, unequivocally not. his. fault. Probably. Possibly.
Lesson idea: Take a look at other fairy tales--maybe the bad guys in those are misunderstood. Have the students rewrite a fairy tale. Then, have the students design a newspaper much like the cover of the book, where their not-so-bad-guy can share his/her side of the story.
Discover more about the author
Discover more about the illustrator
Watch and listen
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