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The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! By A. Wolf
As told to Jon Scieszka
Illustrated by Lane Smith
In this fractured fairy tale, the wolf gives his own wacky version of what happened when he encountered the three little pigs. Alexander T. Wolf explains that he visited the pigs to borrow a cup of sugar for his granny’s birthday cake. It wasn’t his fault his bad cold led to sneezes that blew down two of the houses of the little pigs. And since no one should let good food go to waste…he had to gobble up those delicious little pigs. When the cops finally catch him trying to bring down the third little pig’s brick house, A. Wolf claims they named him a Big Bad Wolf. “I was framed,” he concludes.
Each family will receive a special English/Spanish flip-book printing of Jon Scieszka’s book, The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! Come to any Multnomah County library beginning March 1 to sign up and get your gift copy. Books and materials are most appropriate for children in grades K-5.