The story of the three little pigs and the big bad wolf never grows old.

In this version of the three little pigs, the third pig goes above and beyond when outsmarting the wolf. He's always one step ahead of the wolf and in the end, it is not the pig who gets eaten, but the wolf (who knew?).

Just looking at the cover, I recognized his book from when I was a kid. I have read this one before. I’m not sure when it was but I think it was one of those audio books that I can across when I was little. The pictures of this book are very “childish” looking, colored in with crayons, scribbles here and there. (Maybe a book that you can read to a little kid.) But nevertheless, they make it captivating enough for a kid to follow along with it. It’s playful enough with the giant letters, the animated and colorful drawings. This is definitely one of those class reads. “THE BIG BAD WOLF was VERY, VERY ANGRY when he found that the little pig had tricked him!” Sentences like those are beginning to be acted it out, make it playful for the kids, and if done right, a guaranteed giggle here and there. Certainly, a book that can become a classic… It has nice amount of text, like I said, it was structured very playfully. Very cute and funny story as well, I couldn’t help but smile and one that I would surely love to read to my child in the future.

Summary: This book is a classic folktale that is based upon three little pigs that build their own individual house. One pig builds theirs out of straw, one out of sticks and the final one is made out of bricks. Their is an antagonist: the big bad wolf, who comes to town and attempts to blow every house down. He accomplishes this with the first two houses, but the final brick home is not successfully blown down.

Evaluation: After reading this book, I feel that this is a good version of the story but, it is not the best. It gets the point across of the folktale but, it does not do a very good job diving into details. Also, it has its own twist of the story. However, I may be biased because, I do have a personal favorite of this folktale.

Teaching Idea: I would teach protagonist and antagonist with this story as an opener of the two types of characters. I would use this with an anchor chart Venn diagram to compare the differences between the two characters and find their positive and negative attributes.

Delightful research for my archival research project. Always fun to read first editions and see the typed manuscripts and original art.