The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig

I originally purchased this book because it was such a "twist" on the Three Little Pigs and was curious about it. It became one of my family's favorites because it's so different. Enjoyable reading and a good ending.The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig (Pop Up Books)

My son's favourite amongst dozens. The ages indicated are 5-9 but I find it's quite fine for a 3 year-old. It's a very refreshing take on a well-known tale, and one which can help (did for us!) dispel children's fear of the ever-present in fairy tales mean and scary wolf.

When looking for books to get for our little one, my husband saw the title of this one and thought it sounded fun, so we got it. We were not disappointed!!! Very clever, very fun; a great book. We look forward to when our little one is old enough to enjoy it as much as we do.

we took this book out from our library and enjoyed it so much that I knew my grandson wanted to have his own copy. very funny and and different take on this clasic story. I would recommend it to everyone.

The concept for this book, at first glance, sounded like a cute, funny, and possibly ironic twist on a classic children's tale. Unfortunately instead, was just twisted. The "big bad pig" is an absolute maniac, showing up in the hapless wolves' lives for no apparent reason (you would think to eat them, as in the original story, but no) with a sledge hammer, a pneumatic drill and dynamite, looking sadistic and hell-bent on destruction. The wolves mooch building materials off of passing strangers, including, at one point, barbed wire and armored plates, making houses that look like apocalyptic prisons. The wolves, in full victim mode, blame faulty building materials for the demolition the pig enacts on their houses, and, inexplicably, decide to make their next house out of mooched flowers...of which the enchanting smell magically turns the pig into a dancing good time guy who plays yard games with the wolves and decides to cohabitate with them. I think I'm inadvertently making this sound interesting - it's not. There is no apparent humor or irony involved, just weird and violent non sequiturs. I will say that the illustrations are, aside from the underlying sadism, beautifully done (maybe that is the irony…), but, sorry, this book was just a confusing fail for me. Not appropriate for young children, but not sharp and savvy enough for older readers either, I would give it a pass.

What a wonderful twist on a very beloved, familiar fairytale. Mommy wolf is portrayed at the beginning of the book with her hair in curlers, her toenails polished and giving advice to her young cubs to go out and build their homes but beware of the big bad pig! I have to admit I loved the pig's character the very best. He is this big hulking, menacing looking thug that is up to no good and determined to destroy the houses of the wolves. There was however charm and charisma in that roly-poly form that made me like him. The wolves start out building a brick house and then graduate to stronger and stronger fortresses because it seems the bad old pig can always outsmart them and take their houses down, not by huffing and puffing but by using a sledgehammer, a pneumatic drill and finally....dynamite.

Kids will laugh at his resourcefulness and cunningness as he outsmarts those little wolves and sends them packing from house to house. Finally, at their wits end, the wolves totally change their strategy of what materials to use, and ask a passing flamingo if they could use his "flowers" to construct their new home. They creatively design this amazing fragrant house and what happens then will change the pigs life forever. Miracles can happen, hard hearts can be softened and enemies can be coverted into lifelong friends. The illustrations are charming, full of expression and wit and could tell the story all on their own. This is a brilliant story with a fun turn of events that will have both kids and adults alike laughing out loud and cheering those little wolves on to success. Everyone loves a happy ending....and they all lived happily ever after....the perfect ending to a fairy tale indeed.

The three little wolves

And the

Big bad pig

by Eugene Trivizas and Helen Oxenbury

Once a momma wolf told her young it was time to live somewhere else but together. Soon they built their house of bricks; soon the big bad pig showed up he smashed the house with a sludge hammer luckily they all got away. They built two more houses one. The three little wolves built one more house hoping to not let it go to waist and it didn't. When the pig come to the next house of flowers he turned to a good guy because the flowers were nice and refreshing

The theme of this book is responsibility because the three little pigs need to look after each other and that is responsibility. The message of this book is to use your time wisely because the first three houses were not thought out and didn't have much time used on it. The genre of this book is fantasy fiction or fairy tale because animals can't talk. I reccomend this book to people who don't take their time because it could wreck or get messed up.

I liked this book because it has well detailed illustrations. They make the book seem real. I also liked the unpredictable and dangerous weapons. I loved the way the author switched the characters around by making the pig bad and the wolves good. I also liked the way there were many different event like how the pig turns good when the pigs build a house of flowers. I liked how the wolves made so many creative houses epically the one made of concrete.

Some cute art but man, that pig is aggressively destructive! Seriously, blowing apart the wolves' house with dynamite? There's something seriously wrong with this pig, and (spoiler) even though he comes around in the end and sniffs flowers and sips tea, I wouldn't trust that pig at all, particularly if he gets his hands on another jackhammer.

This is an interesting story that has its twists and turns. When you look at the title you think that this is the normal story with the three little pigs except with this one, it's the three little wolves. You're dead wrong if you think that. That's why you should read this book.

Instead of building the houses with hay, wood, and bricks, the three little wolves start off with bricks then they use concrete and finally they make a house out of metal and I'd say that it's even better than a bomb shelter. You have to remember that the pig is not just bad, he's big. Every house that the wolves build the big bad pig would try to blow his house down but if that didn't work then he would get a toll and smash it into pieces. After all their hard work, nothing pays off...until...they build a house out of... I won't spoil that part for you guys. If you read it, you'll find out and hoe they finally resolved the big, bad pig.

I'd say that this story is for all ages since The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf is a legendary story. It's a great bedtime for kids ages 6 - 11. The only thing that I suggest that you do is read The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf first. That way they know that there are many different versions of this story.

I gave this book a rating of 3 stars only because I based that mostly on what I thought of the ending. You may disagree with me but that's you're opinion. I hope all the children like this book as much as I did, well the beginning anyway.

I thought that this book was most interesting out of all of the childrens books that I have read. I liked this book because it is funny, especially with the switching of the wolves and pigs. The story takes dangerous animals and turns them into meek little animals. Then it takes an ordinary barn yard pig and makes him into the bad guy. so the whole story has been turned around.
It is neat how the big bad pig takes the power tools and knocks down the houses instead of using his breath by huffing and puffing and blowing the houses down.
The wolves use their friends the beaver, kangaroo, rhinoceros, and the flamingo as there suppliers for the materials to build their houses. They do not have to pay for the supplies, they just ask for the materials and their friends give them what they need.
The rhinoceros was more than happy to give the needed supplies along with other supplies that they did not even ask for, to his friends because he was feeling generous and kind hearted.
The Kangaroo gave them some bricks that were yellow and red so their house would be strong. But that failed because the pig was able to smash the house down with his sledge hammer.
The beaver gave the wolves concrete so they could build a stronger house. But the Big Bad pig used his pneumatic drill and knocked the house down.

The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig

By

Helen Oxenbury

Once there were three little wolfs that had to go out into the wild. When they were done with their house a pig came down and blew it down. Then after their other two houses the pig still made them fall down. Next they made a house out of flowers, they got from a flamingo. Last when the pig came down and smelled the flowers he was never mean again.

The story's is message is never leave your siblings or friends. The theme is stick together. The Genre is Fantasy Fiction and the Audience is to my little cousin Sophia because she leaves me and gets lost.

I like this book because the book is switched around. Also I liked the details - illustrations. I like how the pig made friends with the wolves because he was being mean to the wolves. I really liked the wolf's actions in the story. I liked how the wolves stuck together and never left each other.

This is a creative retelling of a classic story, and the illustrations are beautiful. The overall message is that being kind and open is a better way to approach what scares you, rather than shutting yourself off from the world due to fear. I loved when my mother read this book to me as a child, and now I buy a copy to give as a gift whenever one of my friends is having a baby.

When my daughter first brought this book home from kindergarten I tried to read it to her. I couldn't! I was laughing so hard that I couldn't make it through. I evently did, and my daughter loved it. She then took it to have her grandmother read it to her, the same thing happened.
Even today, as an 11 year old, my daughter loves this book. It is one of the few "children's" books that still remain on her bookshelf.
Is there a moral? Does there have to be? It is a funny, lighthearted story, that gives kids the opportunity to explore creativity by changing things as they know it.
I have shared this book with several of my daughter's classes, and each time I have, I have been told that there have been several more orders for this book.
Is it a classic? Probably not. It is entertaining? Most definately.

What a wonderful book this is, turning the traditional story upside down. Other authors have done this, but Eugene Trivizas is particularly clever and Helen Oxenbury�s drawings capture the personalities very well. The role reversal is easy enough, but Trivizas adds layers of humor with his descriptions of the wolves and the pig. The �three cuddly little wolves with soft and furry tales� enjoy such genteel pursuits as croquet, battledore, and shuttlecock, and the big bad pig uses a sledgehammer, a pneumatic drill, and dynamite to destroy the very study houses. There�s a wonderful paradoxical ending (the house made of flowers is the strongest), just one of the many creative twists and turns to the traditional story. Despite the pig�s potent methods of destruction, no animals are hurt (except for some slightly scorched tales) in the book.

The Three Little Wolves And The Big Bad Pig

By

Eugene Trivizas.

The book is about three little wolves go into the world together and make a house but a big bad pig stops them until they make a house of flowers. One day a mother wolf tells her sons to go and make a house but beware of the big bad pig.

The message in the book is to stick with your family because you could get lost. The theme is good vs evil because the wolves are good and the pig is bad. The genre is a fairy tale because wolves can't talk and pigs can't do the same thing. I recommend this book to my step brothers because when they make friends they are bullies and then the bullies become nice and friendly and then they become friends.

I liked the book because there were more pictures than words.

Everyone knows the story of The Three Little Pigs. This story, as the title suggests, switches the roles. The three little wolves build heavy-duty fortresses, all of which the big bad pig destroys in ingenious and humorous ways. My sons laughed throughout the story. Finally, the wolves build a house out of sticks and flowers. Their scent tames the savage beast and they live happily ever after.The illustrations add to the already humorous plot. I liked this version better than the classic because it teaches children that although there are consequences for bad behavior, the pig was forgiven instead of banished.

Nice little book which tips the concept of the three little pigs on its head. My under 5 year old girls have started to understand that the story of the three little pigs has been told from a different perspective - now it is the three little wolves and the big bad pig

Illustrated beautifully by Helen Oxenbury it is a fun and funny story. a new morality tale.

I think I enjoy it more than my two girls though, they can see that it is funny but I have a feeling that they are still really too young to appeciate it completely. It is more for the older child (4 and up definitely)as the humour is just a bit more sophisticated than they are ready for.

I will re-introduce this for them later as I do enjoy it and would like to share with them

While this "fractured fairy tale" of the three little wolves and the big bad pig is funny (especially the repetitive parts where the pig asks to be admitted and the wolves run off), it also speaks to today's world. Kids will love the ways in which the three little wolves build stronger and stronger houses, until they end up with a barbed-wire concrete fortress -- and still the pig manages to destroy their dwelling. The visuals show that the stronger the house is, the uglier it is. Finally, because the big bad pig can break through anything the three little wolves can construct, the siblings build a totally different kind of house -- a house that changes the big bad pig forever.

The three little wolves and the big bad pig tells the classic story of the three litttle pigs and th big bad wolf, with a few twists. Instead of three little pigs, three little wolves have to contend with the treacherous big bad pig. The wolves also use nonconventional methods to build their houses, and the pig uses it's modern ways to knock them down.
The antics of the wolves making houses out of brick, cement, and metal, as well as the pig destroy their hard work with a sleedgehammer, pnuematic drill, and dynamite, controls most of the comical antics of this story. The zaniness of the events that occur will leave the reader laugh and imbued with happiness.
While containing many modern elements, the three little wolves and the big bad pig still contains classic yet crucial parts of the original tale. for instance, in the beginning, the three are told to go make a life for themselves by their mother, as well as the huffing, the puffing, and blowing the house in.
From page to page, this well-written book will make you think you know the ending, but surprise you with a totally different one! The story won't keep you on the edge of your seat, but rather on the floor laughing at this hilarious book. Enjoy!

This book is hilarous. It is another classic example of a flip-sided nursery rhyme. This particular book makes the Wolves play the role of the innocents trying to get a home started, while the piggie is no longer a cute little protagonist. From step one, the little wolves can't seem to avoide the evil piggie, who always seems to have some way of getting at them. As the wolves get progressively high-tech, the pig grows progressively more insane. This book is full of laughs no matter how many times you read it. The pictures are amazing as one funny thing leads to the next. The writing style remains delightfully cheerful, and fun to read over and over. Definitely worth cracking open again.

The story of the Three Little Pigs has been around for years and years and few children, nor adults, for that matter do not know of it. Here we have the roles of the "bad guy" completely reversed. The kids love this one and think it is truely funny. I did like the fact that the wolves did not receive the bad press that they normally receive in such tales and I did like the fact that even though the Big Bad Pig was truely bad in the beginning, he did indeed have redeeming features. The illustrations were great and the text followed the illustrations perfectly. This is a fun book to read to the class. I highly recommend this one.

This book is particularly excellent, not only for its illustrations, but also for its originality in trying a new version of the timeless three little pigs. Instead of three pigs, we now have three sweet wolves and as the antagonist a big bad pig, very resourceful and dangerous in trying to enter their new homes, as they reinforce them with several security devices. Though I am not going to reveal the ending, I can just say that I found it original. As for the illustrations, they are wonderfully detailed and painted with great precision.

A great book to buy for the whole family. Even for adults.