Module 2
Folktales
Version of the Three Little Pigs

1. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Galdone, Paul. 1970.  THE THREE LITTLE PIGS.  New York: New York. Clarion Books. ISBN  0395288134

2.  PLOT SUMMARY
This version of THE THREE LITTLE PIGS was the story we all know and picture.  The mother sent off her pigs because she could not afford to raise them.  The first pig saw a man with straw and asked is he could have it, so the man gave it to him.  He built his house with straw and the wolf showed up to his house and said “Little pig, little pig, let me come in” and the pig said, “no, no, not by the hair of my chinny chin chin.” Then the wolf said, “Then I’ll huff and I’ll puf, and I’ll blow your house in.” Well the wolf did what he said he was going to do and ate the pig.  The second little pig ran into a man with sticks and asked if he could have them.  The man gave him the sticks and the second pig built his house.  The wolf showed up and said the same thing, blew the house down, and ate the pig.  The third pig found a man with bricks and asked if he could have them.  The man said yes and he built his house out of bricks.  The wolf showed up and could not blow this house down.  So, the wolf was going to try and trick him another way.  The pig outsmarted the wolf every time.  The wolf got very angry and told the pig he was going to come through the chimney.  Well the pig had a big pot of boiling water waiting for him.  The wolf fell right into it.

3. CRITICAL ANALYSIS
This story would be great to read as the original story of THE THREE LITTLE PIGS.  The illustrations were great and matched all the words on the page.  Also, the emotion of the animals matched the illustrations.  For example, when the pigs were sad they were leaving their mommy they were crying.  When they found the items to build their house they were happy.  Throughout the whole book you can tell that the wolf is trying to be a trickster or mean.  He always looks like he is up to no good.  I think it would be a good book to focus on the characters and the parts they play.  The pigs are different and have their own way of thinking and so does the wolf, the book does a good job at making each character their own.  It is very clear each role they all play.      

4. REVIEW EXCERPT(S)
From Good Reads:  “This is a classic, and nothing can beat a classic! This book has survived the ages and everyone knows why because every child loves to hear the story of how the wolf was mean to the pigs.”

5. CONNECTIONS
*This story would work really well as a readers theatre.  IT would also be cute to have them create their own readers theatre based on the book.
*This would also be a good book to practice fiction characteristics.  It would not be hard for the students to retell the story.
*It would also be a good book to compare to a different version of THE THREE LITTLE PIGS.