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The Three Little Pigs Book & CD (Read Along Book & CD) | 
| Author: Paul Galdone
Brand: BIGTOFFICE
Category: Book
List Price: $9.95
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 233317
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Pages: 32
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 10.2 x 8.5 x 0.6
MPN: HO-0618732772
ISBN: 0618732772
Dewey Decimal Number: 398.24529734
EAN: 9780618732777
ASIN: 0618732772
Publication Date: April 17, 2006
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Product Description
All three pigs set out to seek their fortune, but two of them come to a sorry end.
Amazon.com Review
Clear plots, careful prose style, and bright, action-packed illustrations have catapulted Paul Galdone's takes on traditional tales to the top of teachers' and librarians' lists for decades. Galdone retold and illustrated many folk and fairy tales during his long career, including The Gingerbread Boy, The Little Red Hen, Puss in Boots, and The Three Billy Goats Gruff. His stories always have an exact picture-to-text match and a thoughtful distribution of text to illustration, making them excellent choices for reading aloud to a group of children. This edition of the popular story of three porcine siblings and one wily wolf has endured for almost 30 years--the building of different kinds of houses, the wolf's various attempts to lure the smart pig from his brick house, and the satisfying denouement, where the wolf lands in the pot of boiling water as the main course for the pig's supper. Before children can understand a hilarious parody such as Jon Scieszka's The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, they should get a delicious, Galdone-style taste of the real McCoy. (Ages 3 to 6)
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
 happy and funny October 11, 2008
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That was my two-year-old daughter typing; now I'll transcribe her words about the book.
Apples. And piggies. And fox climb in the piggy's house. Fuppet and buppet and fuppet. And blow the house in. He blow the house in. And run away. And fall down. And the sticks tipped.
What a suprise February 14, 2007
MIZEM169
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is my second copy of the book because the first was used so much the pages started falling apart. What a suprise when I received the free read-along CD with it. A must have for all grades.
Build Your House from Bricks or... June 10, 2005
Pam Tee
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Paul Galdone's "Three Little Pigs" is not your modern PC version of piggies vs wolf. In this story pigs get eaten. Which is perhaps why this book was on my entering kindergartner's Summer Reading List. Far from being watered down and shortened, this version includes the bits about the wolf's trying to trick pig #3 into getting within grabbing range: let's get turnips together... apples together, and finally, let's go to the fair together.
It also has the wolf becoming so enraged that he forgets how well this little piggy has consistently outwitted him. Angrily, he crawls down the chimney only to become the pig's dinner.
Thus, all of the `morality play' aspects of the story remain. Now whether a young child can shift through the material to garner those gems depends upon the child. My approach is if not now, then later.
Interestingly, one of the things that I found was that my children -boy and girl, 3 and 5 respectively-were unconcerned with the fate of the `less wary' pigs. At this point in time, they simply do not appear to identify with the porcine characters and consequently did not find the story scary or disturbing.
Buy this book if you want the classic story. It is longer, but for toddlers you can simply skip over the extra attempts of the wolf to trick the 3rd piggy, and go to the chimney directly.
 My 3 year old son loves this one May 30, 2005
TB (USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
5 stars for the enjoyment my 3 year old sons gets from this one. The traditional version of the story, with the third pig outwitting the wolf many times. Appealing illustrations. I am going to buy more of Galdone's books based on how much my son has enjoyed this one and "The Three Billy Goats Gruff."
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