| The Three Pigs Contributor(s): Wiesner, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0618007016 ISBN-13: 9780618007011 Publisher: Clarion Books OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2001 Annotation: A Caldecott medalist playfully deconstructs the familiar nursery tale, taking the visual narrative to a new level. Dialogue balloons, text excerpts, and a wide variety of illustration styles guide the reader through a fantasy universe to the surprising and happy ending. Full-color illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Pigs - Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore - General - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Wolves, Coyotes & Wild Dogs |
| Dewey: E |
| LCCN: 00057016 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 11.5" W x 9.2" (1.00 lbs) 40 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 48718 Reading Level: 2.3 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This Caldecott Medal-winning picture book begins placidly (and familiarly) enough, with three pigs collecting materials and going off to build houses of straw, sticks, and bricks. But the wolf's huffing and puffing blows the first pig right out of the story . . . and into the realm of pure imagination. The transition signals the start of a freewheeling adventure with characteristic David Wiesner effects--cinematic flow, astonishing shifts of perspective, and sly humor, as well as episodes of flight. Satisfying both as a story and as an exploration of the nature of story, The Three Pigs takes visual narrative to a new level. Dialogue balloons, text excerpts, and a wide variety of illustration styles guide the reader through a dazzling fantasy universe to the surprising and happy ending. Fans of Tuesday's frogs and Sector 7's clouds will be captivated by old friends--the Three Pigs of nursery fame and their companions--in a new guise. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wiesner, David: - David Wiesner is internationally renowned for his visual storytelling and has won the Caldecott Medal three times--for Tuesday, The Three Pigs, and Flotsam--the second person in history to do so. He is also the recipient of three Caldecott Honors, for Free Fall, Sector 7, and Mr. Wuffles. He lives near Philadelphia with his family. www.hmhbooks.com/wiesner |