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Type of bind: Paperback
Brand: BIGTOFFICE
Dewey Decimal Number: 398.24529734
EAN num: 9780618732777
ISBN number: 0618732772
Label: Sandpiper
Manufacturer: Sandpiper
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 32
Printing Date: April 17, 2006
Publishing house: Sandpiper
Age index: Ages 4-8
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All three pigs set out to seek their fortune, but two of them come to a sorry end.
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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)
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That was my two-year-old daughter typing; now I'll transcribe her words about the book.
Apples. And piggies. And fox climb in the piggy's house. Fuppet and buppet and fuppet. And blow the house in. He blow the house in. And run away. And fall down. And the sticks tipped.
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This is my second copy of the book because the very first was used so much the pages started falling apart. What a suprise when I received the free read-along CD with it. A must have for all grades.
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Paul Galdone's "Three Little Pigs" is not your modern PC version of piggies vs wolf. In this story pigs get eaten. Which is perhaps why this book was on my entering kindergartner's Summer Reading List. Far from being watered down and shortened, this version includes the bits about the wolf's trying to trick pig #3 into getting within grabbing range: let's get turnips together... apples together, and finally, let's go to the fair together.
It also has the wolf becoming so enraged that he forgets how well this little piggy has consistently outwitted him. Angrily, he crawls down the chimney only to become the pig's dinner.
Thus, all of the `morality play' aspects of the story remain. Now whether a young child can shift through the material to garner those gems depends upon the child. My approach is if not now, then later.
Interestingly, one of the things that I found was that my children -boy and girl, 3 and 5 respectively-were unconcerned with the fate of the `less wary' pigs. At this point in time, they simply do not appear to identify with the porcine characters and consequently did not find the story scary or disturbing.
Buy this book if you want the classic story. It is longer, but for toddlers you can simply skip over the extra attempts of the wolf to trick the 3rd piggy, and go to the chimney directly.
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5 stars for the enjoyment my 3 year old sons gets from this one. The traditional version of the story, with the third pig outwitting the wolf many times. Appealing illustrations. I am going to buy more of Galdone's books based on how much my son has enjoyed this one and "The Three Billy Goats Gruff."
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In a society when we are trying to teach our children the truth about the beautiful animals known as wolves, you'd think we'd trash this fairy tale. No - this mindless crap.
On a wolf hatelisting, one of their weak arguements to bring extinction to wolves was, "How do you think the three little pigs felt?" I will NOT capitalize their names.
This tale speaks of the wolves as evil creatures. The three little pigs build their three houses. The wolf wants to eat them, and they eventually turn against the evil wolf, and the BLABLABLA.
I quit PETA because of this mindless crap. They, and this awful book send the ignorant message, "Hey. Think of all the cute helpless bunnies and piggies (UGH) evil wolves kill every year. We're striving for rights for all animals here not to be killed." It's tales like "The three little pigs" that fuel hatred of wolves.
Um, PETA, ever wonder - maybe wolves are animals too? PETA THINKS, "OH YEAH! THAT'S RIGHT! I WAS SO DUMB STARING AT PHONY 'HELPLESS LITTLE BAMBI AND THUMPER AND THE THREE LITTLE PIGS' PICTURES I FORGOT THAT!'
First of all, bunnies and pigs are not helpless. Yes - a bunny gave my brother a grey eye with its big, fast feet. And what of piggies? They run. They have horns.
And what of Big Bad Wolf? First of all, compared to some dogs, wolves are tiny. And they're the same size as, if not smaller, than domestic pigs.
And 'Bad'? People; it's not like wolves choose to kill. It's their nature. In fact, if wolves could eat grass like pigs, they would. And no meat. But they can't. Accept that. Must I remind you that humans kill animals as well? And also, wolves are not evil. Same goes for humans. Wolves mate for life, unlike so many faithless humans (affairs, adulterers?), and they don't murder each other like humans do. In fact, wolves are often more caring for their children than humans are.
Third of all, pigs don't build houses, and wolves don't huff and puff.
Wolves won't attack you if you leave them alone. Only rabid animals would, but rabid humans would attack others as well.
If a wolf wandered onto your turf, you'd be tempted to shoot it. The same goees for wolves. If you wandered onto their turf, they'd be tempted to kill you too. It's wrong to say either of you are evil.
And domestic animals? Wolves won't try to kill them if other food is available.
You say Humans are good to baby wolves. I say wolves are good to baby humans. Ever read the story of wolf children Kamala and Amala? It's high time you read it. It's a true story.
So you see, if you wandered into the Alaskan wilderness, and you brought your beloved dog, you'd want to kill that dog in a desperate moment for food. Same goes for wolves and you.
So you see; kindness is usually given only fully within the same species. Then, beyond the members of your same species (AND SNAKES DON'T EVEN CARE, BUT THAT'S IN THEIR NATURE), survival and nature step in to block kindness. It does not make any species evil.
But that's the point of the Three Little Pigs now, isn't it? To teach children that wolves are evil - and nothing else.
I have no problem against pigs, humans, or dogs. I don't have a grudge against any species, bcause when they kill to eat (YES EVEN DEER KILL GRASS) it's in their nature. Nature designed them to be that way.
It's these stupidly written ignorant fairy tales I have a grudge against. Making one species seem 'good' while another 'bad'! WEAK PEOPLE LOOKING FOR A SCAPEGOAT TO TODAY'S PROBLEMS WRITE THIS CRAP! AND THEIR CHOSEN SCAPEGOAT IS ALWAYS THE WOLF.
And tell me - if the wolf in this tale is evil for needing to eat meat, how about the pigs? They ate the dead wolf, after killing him. So if he is bad, they should be bad too.
Good pigs? Bad wolf? NO. Do me a favour, and don't give your children this mindless crap. There are tons of stories out there written from all animals; points of view, without any bias of "one species = good the other = bad." Those are wholesome tales.
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