The Three Little Pigs

Bibliography:

Boddy, Joe. The Three Little Pigs. Ohio:McGraw,1995 .

Plot summary:

The three little pigs is a traditional tale of how three pigs outsmart a hungry wolf. The Three Pigs  by Joe Boddy retells this classic tale however the pigs are sisters who had been living in the same house and after years of living together  the sisters agree to move out and live on their own lives. The pigs in this tale are Amanda, Kate, and Cassy. Amanda builds her house of straw. Kate builds her house of wood and clever Cassy builds her house of rocks. The familiar tale continues with the resourceful wolf knocking on the door and chimes  the classic chant of “no, no, no, not by the hair of my chinny-chin-chinas he attempts to get the  pig . She escaped to her sister’s house Kate and the wolf came again and she huffed and puffed and blew the house down. The sisters escaped to Cassy’s house and the wolf followed but he couldn’t blow the house down. The story ends when the wolf lost her balance and went sliding down the roof .Although the pigs were scared they showed  amazing compassion and took care of the wolf .

 

The story show how you can show kindness and how kindness can change your circumstances. The classic tale illustrates how the pigs forgiveness of the wolf’s action allowed them to develop a friendship. There are many variations of The Three Little Pigs. The author took this traditional story of good versus bad and made it a positive lesson of how one can change. Just as the characters set off on their own hoping to find their fortunes a major problem occurs when they are no longer together and the major life changing decision of simply choosing the wrong building material. Although in this version the pigs are not eaten ,they learn that they are better off together than apart in the end.

 Connections:

Children can dramatize the story as you reread it. Children taking the parts of the pigs can draw their houses on the chalkboard. Children listening can join in on the repeated phrases

Students can come up with an alternate ending.

Students can compare different versions of the three little pigs and compare the setting and how the overall plot changes or the dimension of the characters in a literacy chart. Students can compare how the illustrations help to enhance the story for the reader.

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