The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig

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This article is about the inverted version of Three Little Pigs. For the Disney animated film, see Three Little Wolves (film).
The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig
LC Class
LCC PZ8.1.T7384[1]

The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig is a children's

Three Little Pigs, a traditional fable
published in the 19th century.

Oxenbury was highly commended runner-up for the annual

Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject. The "Highly Commended" distinction was used 31 times in 29 years to 2002, including Oxenbury alone for 1993.[2]

In the U.S., where it was also published in 1993, The Three Little Wolves reached number two on the

ALA Notable Book" and a "School Library Journal Best Book", and it won the "Parents' Choice Gold Award".[3]

WorldCat participating libraries report holding editions in 15 languages of translation.[citation needed]

Publishers Weekly concluded its review: "Trivizas laces the text with funny, clever touches, from an ensemble of animals who obligingly donate whatever building materials the wolves require, to the wolves' penultimate, armor-plated residence replete with a "video entrance phone" over which the pig can relay his formulaic threats. Oxenbury's watercolors capture the story's broad humor and add a wealth of supplementary details, with exquisite renderings of the wolves' comic temerity and the pig's bellicose stances. Among the wittiest fractured fairytales around".[4]

Plot

The story features three anthropomorphic wolves who build four houses using different types of materials: bricks, concrete, steel, and flowers. A big bad pig tries to destroy the houses made of bricks, concrete, and steel by huffing and puffing, but fails, so he finds a way to destroy those houses by using a sledgehammer for the bricks, a pneumatic drill for the concrete, and dynamite for the steel. However, when the pig tries to blow down the flower house, he smells the fragrant flowers, and has a change of heart. The pig then becomes a good pig, and he and the wolves live happily ever after as friends.

Publication history

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References

  1. ^ a b "The three little wolves and the big bad pig" (first U.S. edition). Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 2012-12-06. With publisher description.
  2. ^ "Kate Greenaway Medal" Archived 2014-09-16 at the Wayback Machine. 2007(?). Curriculum Lab. Elihu Burritt Library. Central Connecticut State University. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
  3. ^ "The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig".
  4. ^ "The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig". Bookseller display.
    Amazon.com
    . Retrieved 2012-12-06. This includes (reprints) a Book Description (1997) and reviews by Publishers Weekly (1993) and School Library Journal (1997).
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