Wiesner, D. (2001). The three pigs. New York, NY. Houghton Mifflin Company.
In this unique version of a classic fairy tale the three pigs are blown out of the story by the big bad wolf. The pigs come out of and off the pages and have adventures flying on paper airplanes from the pages of the story, making friends with other characters from other stories, and putting their own surprise ending on their story. Leave it to David Wiesner in both his story and illustrations to have us all thinking outside the box. He makes us think about the story in an entirely different way. Colorful illustrations are done in many styles highlighting different kinds of stories. He uses a cartoon like version for the beginning of the story but when the pigs are blown out of the story they suddenly become more realistic and life-like. As the pigs visit other stories, illustrations change back to soft pastel cartoon like characters for a nursery rhyme to very detailed black and white drawings of a mid-evil fairy tale. Transformations from one story to the next are shown through characters as they leave or jump into stories and half of their body is drawn in one style and the other half of their body in another style. On several wordless pages, the realistic art does all the story telling without any need for text. It isn't any wonder why The Three Pigs is a Caldecott Medal Award winner.
To find a collection of some great video clips and trailers for The Three Pigs and other David Wiesner books, go to http://mrschureads.blogspot.com/2013/10/david-wiesner-day.html
or to www.davidwiesner.com
In this unique version of a classic fairy tale the three pigs are blown out of the story by the big bad wolf. The pigs come out of and off the pages and have adventures flying on paper airplanes from the pages of the story, making friends with other characters from other stories, and putting their own surprise ending on their story. Leave it to David Wiesner in both his story and illustrations to have us all thinking outside the box. He makes us think about the story in an entirely different way. Colorful illustrations are done in many styles highlighting different kinds of stories. He uses a cartoon like version for the beginning of the story but when the pigs are blown out of the story they suddenly become more realistic and life-like. As the pigs visit other stories, illustrations change back to soft pastel cartoon like characters for a nursery rhyme to very detailed black and white drawings of a mid-evil fairy tale. Transformations from one story to the next are shown through characters as they leave or jump into stories and half of their body is drawn in one style and the other half of their body in another style. On several wordless pages, the realistic art does all the story telling without any need for text. It isn't any wonder why The Three Pigs is a Caldecott Medal Award winner.
To find a collection of some great video clips and trailers for The Three Pigs and other David Wiesner books, go to http://mrschureads.blogspot.com/2013/10/david-wiesner-day.html
or to www.davidwiesner.com
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