The Three Pigs by David Wiesner

Wiesner, D. (2001). The three pigs. New York: Clarion Books. This story starts off by telling the tale of the original nursery rhyme “The Three Little Pigs”, however, the pigs are tired of their same story so they take it upon themselves to change it up. Each time the wolf blows the house down the wolf thinks he eats them, but the clever pigs out smart him and "leave" their nursery rhyme. They break their story line apart and use it as a paper airplane. However, their plane crashes and they find themselves saving characters, including cat and his fiddle and the dragon in other nursery rhymes. All the characters come up with a plan to trick wolf in the pig's story. So they all travel back to The Three Little Pig's story and devise a plan to finish off wolf once and for all. Wolf tries to blow the third pig's house down, but is unsuccessful. He climbs through the chimney unknowing everyone is waiting for some wolf soup. This tale is a humorous spin off of the classic story of The Three Pigs. The book merges the graphic novel and narrative format with the beginning retelling the classic Three Pigs Story, and the end of the book becoming a narrative story. The story is narrated through the use of dialogue between the three pigs. The creative and clever artwork are a mirror image to the amusing text. The illustrations change texture and appearance depending on what the setting is, and what scenes are taking place within the story. In 2000, this story won the Caldecott Medal for the illustrations. Another book that would complement The Three Pigs is Rapunzel’s Revenge because it too merges one classic tale into other classic tales.