Picture Book 4 / The Three Pigs

Title	The Three Pigs
Author	David Wiesner
Illustrator
Publication Year	2001
Awards	Caldecott
Publisher	Clarion Books
ISBN	0-618-00701-6
Readability Score (GLE = Grade Level Equivalent)	Lexile	NP
	DRA
	GLE	2.8
	Guided Reading	NR
Genre /      Sub-Genre	Picture Book / Fables, Folk Tales and Myths
Theme	The pigs are trying to get away from the wolf.
Primary Character	The three Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf
Secondary Characters	Dragon, Cat
Classroom Use	I believe this book would be interesting for kids. It shows cleverness, creativity and will help them use their imagination. I would have them write a short story about what they would do if they were one of the pigs.
Book Summary	This picture book begins 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. Literally. The pigs are on an adventure with some different characters and they decide to invite two of them back to the “real” story. They bring back a cat and a dragon, which they saved from being slayed, and the dragon saves them from the big bad wolf.