Children's Literature
Sharing my thoughts on some exceptional books...
Wiesner, D. (2001). The three pigs. New York, NY: Clarion Books. This story takes the old classic tale of The Three Little Pigs, and adds an imaginary twist. It begins with the original tale up until the wolf blows the pig out of the story frame. The pig becomes a three dimensional realistic looking pig. The story continues with the wolf arriving at the second pigs house, but the first pig appears squeezing himself through the story frames and tilting the story frame to the side. In the format of a graphic novel, the pig speaks through a speech balloon and tells the second pig to hop out of the story frame. Together they make their way to the third pig and disrupt the story frames to get away from the wolf. In a humorous fashion the pigs make a paper airplane and hop on to explore other tales. Several pages are devoted to illustrations alone of the pigs flying on the paper airplane across white pages in the book. They land and jump into the tale of Hey Diddle Diddle, but quickly leave with the cat and fiddle following. Then the pigs come into another tale and rescue a dragon guarding a golden rose just in time. Each character leaving the story frame changes into a three dimensional realistic character. These characters then parade around rows and rows of story frames. They come across the third pigs brick home and decide to head back into the story frame together. But first they must arrange the frames that were knocked down back into sequence. Just as the wolf is about to huff and puff, the dragon comes out of the house and knocks him over. The illustration shows the letters on the page interrupted and scattered. The story ends with the pigs, dragon, and cat enjoying each others company over a bowl of soup. Another Caldecott winning book to read by this author is: Flotsam
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Nora RuizI'm a stay-at-home mom who has three daughters ages 7, 4, and 1. I like spending time with family and enjoying a cup of coffee with sweet bread! Assignments:Textbook #2
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