True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
	List Price:   $16.99 Unit Price:   $13.59 You Save:   $3.40 (20%) ISBN-10:   0670827592 ISBN-13:   9780670827596 Publisher:   Penguin Group (USA) Inc; Viking Juvenile Edition:   illustrated Category:   Picture Books Pub. Date:   October 1989 Pages:   32 Format:   Hardcover Ages:   4 and UP Grades:   ps and up
Description/Notes
A revisionist history of the classic tale, in which Al Wolf declares to one and all that he was framed for the whole sorry mess. Readers will believe him; adults will, too. And the lightly spiced lesson about the old adage involving 'two sides to every story' has never been more comically proven. When Alexander Wolf is framed, he seeks justice and tells his own version of The Three Little Pigs. Children will love this amusing rendition of the classic fairy tale. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc. In this hilarious tale of justice gone awry, poor Alexander T. Wolf has been framed and wants to let the truth be known. 'Witty illustrations get right to the meat of the matter. . . . A tasty treat'.--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. Full color. A hip and funny version, from the wolf's point of view. A hip & funny version, from the wolf's point of view. You may think you know the story of the Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf-but only one person knows the real story. That person is A. Wolf. His tale starts with a birthday cake for his dear old granny, a bad head cold...and a bad reputation. It ends in the Big House: the Pig Pen. What really happened when A. Wolf was at the door? Was it an historic pig out or a Mother Goose frame-up? You read it. You decide. Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith combine their talents for droll tales and provocative reporting to bring the true story of this much maligned figure to the public. Big and Bad? Could be. Hilarious? Of course. Mr. A. Wolf has been terribly misunderstood: he was only trying to borrow some sugar to make a cake for his dear old granny when his cold caused those huge sneezes which accidentally blew down the pigs' houses, and now he's in jail and wants everyone to know that he was framed. Recommended. Jon Scieszka is a writer and teacher. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and two children. Occasionally he has been known to howl at the full moon. The wolf gives his own outlandish version of what really happened when he tangled with the three little pigs.