The Three Pigs

Wiesner, D. (2001). The Three Pigs. New York, New York: Clarion Books. The Three Pigs have taken flight on a new adventure in this story. It begins with the same tale of being hunted by the wolf, but instead of being eaten, they are blown out of the story. The three pigs explore in between the white pages and enter other stories. At the end, they scare the wolf away and return to a happy home with new friends. The dialogue creates a wonderful conversation between the pigs and the other characters. It blends with realistic pictures and truly giving the feeling of eaves dropping. The illustrations allow the reader to travel through the different stories with The Three Pigs. This book can be used in a Fairy Tale Unit. Students will be able to compare how it was fractured to the original story of The Three Little Pigs. As an independent assignment, students will be given story elements from various fairy tales and write a fractured tale with the elements.