Three Little Pigs

Ladybird First Favourite Tales

by Nicola Baxter, Jan Lewis (Illustrator)

Join the three little pigs as they set off to see the world, build their houses, and encounter the big, bad wolf.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

32 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1999

About the author

Nicola Baxter has written or compiled over a hundred children's titles. She has developed ideas for a wide variety of international publishers and lives in Norfolk, England, surrounded by cats and computers.

Reviews

[Aleigha Ramkalawan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This edition of the folklore “The Three Little Pigs” is intended for ages 2-4 years old. It is part of a series ideal for reading aloud to younger children and introducing young children to famous folktales. It’s about three little pigs who set off to explore their world. Each of the pigs make their own house, one out of straw, bricks, and sticks. only one pig survives till the end of the book, while being threatened and “tricked” by the Wolf. There are so many variations of this book; in the one that I read when I was younger, as the wolf blows each house down, the pigs run away. This edition is a little different from the ones I’m used to because after the wolf visits the first two pigs, the author ends off the interaction with “That was the end of the … little pig.” That line leaves me to assume that the little pigs “are gone” after the wolf manages to blow their houses down. I like how the illustrator uses simple images throughout the book. There are little cartoon bubbles that can be used when reading aloud to reiterate the different emotions that the characters are feeling. The author uses easy sight words that can be helpful when giving this to a young child to read by themselves. After reading this book, I want to explore more books from the series.

[Darlene Pasquale · Rating 5 out of 5]

1) no awards
2) appropriate grade levels - Pre K-2nd grade
3) Summary - This book tells the story of the three little sibling pigs, two brothers and one sister. Follow the little animals as they each build their own house. Trouble awaits when the big bad wolf is near.
4) Review - I love this new take on the story. The third pig outsmarting the wolf time and time again, adds an element of comedy. The bright colorful illustrations are appealing as well.
5) In class uses - A teacher can give students a writing prompt asking them what material they would use to build a house. A teacher can also bring in some hay, small sticks, and something that is small and manipulative, but sturdy like bricks. An item such as sugar cubes would work well. Children could use the different materials to create houses and experiment to see which is strongest.

[Julia Healey · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Three Little Pigs is a classic folktale about three pigs that go off and build themselves some houses to protect themselves from the big bad wolf who wants to eat them. This book version has not received any awards and is most appropriate for children in preschool through second grade. This book is perfect to read to children because it has a lesson and it also teaches valuable concepts throughout the story. It can help children learn to add up to three, that bricks are the sturdiest material to build a house and the lesson is to be safe you have to be ready to outsmart anyone. It is an exciting story for children and a class use could be for them to create little houses out of different materials, like candy or pretzel sticks and see how sturdy they are.

[Courtney Durbin · Rating 4 out of 5]

The three little pigs left their mothers home and moved out on their own. Each pig built their own homes, and had to stay safe from the big bad wolf. The three pigs were told from the beginning of the story to watch out for the wolf, because he likes to eat pigs. As the pigs were building their homes, only one of them chose a sturdy material. The three pigs worked together and escaped the wolf. There was a clear conflict throughout the story, between the wolf and the pigs. I enjoyed the ending of the story, when the pig in the brick house ended up outsmarting the wolf!

This story would make a good addition to the classroom of K-2nd grade, as it is an easy read. The imagery throughout this book is detailed and vibrantly colored.

[Samantha Cox · Rating 5 out of 5]

This rewrite of the three little pigs has you on your toes. The rewrite was easy to follow and told the story in a cute funny aspect. The pigs set out on a journey to live their lives but an unexpected guest ruins that for two of the pigs. The moral of this story is to try your best and work hard and good things will happen. The illustrations done in this book had a wimisical feel to it, but also the "big bad wolf" wasn't that big looking, but was creepy looking. This book has always been a favorite of mine and I think this rewrite shows more of the moral than the original does. I also liked how in almost every page the wolf was just a few steps behind the pigs.

[Rebecca Davidson · Rating 5 out of 5]

1. N/A
2. K-2nd
3. In the beginning it is the classic tale of the three little pigs, but after the wolf can’t blow down the brick house he tries to trick the pig in other ways. The pig is cleverer than the wolf and avoids his tricks and capture.
4. Nicola Baxter extends the three little pigs story in a way that is hilarious, seeing the way the pig tricks the wolf more. The writing is clever and the illustrations are well done.
5. This story is good for a science lesson where the students could build “homes” to see which would withstand “wind” directed at it.

[Jennifer Ruvalcaba · Rating 4 out of 5]

Genre: Traditional Literature
Grade Level: Preschool-Kindergarten
This book is a great comparison to the other books but a different way of ending. It a great book to explore and wonder what the other books of the three little pigs.

[Kathryn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book wasn't very different from the original but it did make it a bit more fun to read. The pig was smart and did not fall for any of the Wolf's tricks. This was a simply but funny read. Probably would work best with a younger group of kids.

Trait: Voice
ATOS: 2.6
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[Karim Elmenshawy · Rating 3 out of 5]

The story about three little(two rediculous and the other wiser) pigs and bad wolf . There must be unity in our live..

[Shana · Rating 3 out of 5]

One of my sons favourite stories at the moment. This version has the little pigs 'end' instead of them running to the next house, which I'm not too keen on, but my 2YO loves it 🤷🏽‍♀️

[Omneya Yasser · Rating 4 out of 5]

In every culture there’s similar main stories.
In some the pigs are the story characters in others they would be goats ,but the wolf will always be there.

[Alex Carpenter · Rating 5 out of 5]

My five year old cousin thoroughly enjoyed this being read to them

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Many versions of this folklore take. This particular one states that was the end of that little piggy after the wolf visits the first two pigs. Written and illustrated for young readers/listeners.

[Bri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Summary: There were three little pigs that went off to seek their fortunes. The first pig found a man with straw and used it to build a house, which the wolf blow down. The wolf ate the pig and went on to find the second pig. The second pig had found a man with wood and used it to build a house, which the wolf also blew down. The wolf ate this pig and moved on to the third pig. The third pig had found a man with bricks and used them to build a house, which the wolf could not blow down. The wolf continued attempting to trick the pig to leave the house so he could eat him to. He told the pig of turnip fields, apple trees, and a fair, which he believed would lure him out. The pig escaped form the wolf each time. The wolf became frustrated and threatened to jump down the pigs’ chimney, but when he did the pig had a boiling pot waiting to catch him and he cooked him up and ate him for supper.

Theme: This book expresses the common theme of what comes around goes around. Even though the wolf got away with being bad in the beginning, he was eventually given a taste of his own medicine in the end. The wolf ate the first 2 pigs and ended up being eaten in the end by the third pig.

Star Rating: Id give this book 4 stars

Personal Response: This book reminded me of an experience I had with one of my roommates. She constantly missed out on plans with the rest of our roommates and didn’t attend birthday celebrations with us. When the time finally came for her birthday, nobody made a huge effort to plan anything or spend the whole night together. She was very upset but soon realized the way she had treated us resulted in the same thing happening to her. She learned a valuable lesson which the wolf might have, had he not become supper for the pig.
Recommendation: I would recommend this book to kids because it teaches the value of treating others how you would like to be treated. In the wolf’s case, the poor choices he made ended up backfiring and resulting in the same tragic ending for himself. It is meant to put a humorous spin on an important lesson that all kids can recognize and learn from.

[Hafsa · Rating 4 out of 5]

This classic children’s fairy-tale sees three pigs leave their family home in order to live independently in their own houses. The first Pig builds his house from straw, the second from wood and the third from brick. But a hungry big bad Wolf ‘huffs and puffs’ and blows them all down- except for the last Pigs house! Why might this be? Children in KS1 could begin to get very practice and explore different classroom materials through building their own houses from building blocks, newspaper, straw, lego etc. To make it exciting they can predict if their structure will hold an object and then test it. This can be a cross curricular unit of work, involving science through, experimenting with various materials, making predictions and testing. For Literacy children could write an adapted and innovated version of the story, drawing on their experiences with the different materials. This can then be performed through role play and Drama. For younger children in the EYFS, the enormous use of verbs such as stomping, blowing, running, climbing, building and also the repetition within the story could be could be explored in the form of Drama. Children could get even get creative and make their own masks to tie in with their Drama! I think this is a great fairy tale that can be used in both the Early Years and KS1 and be used as a base to teach many areas of the curriculum.

[Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

The classic story of the three little pigs who use different materials to build their houses, but only the brick house survives the powerful strength of the hungry wolf's breath!

I read this story to nursery children, and we focused on this story for a week. I found that there was a wealth of uses to this book, the children loved the repeated refrains of the wolf such as, 'I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down!' They also enjoyed engaging in different role plays as a group, which is easily accessable using this book. To name a few; building, walking, stomping, clawing, blowing, running, climbing, shaking. There are also brightly coloured illustrations which set this book the many other versions of this classic tale.

I would recommend this to young children and to introduce it in a school environment as the themes of the book can be explored easily in a variety of ways in the classroom.

[Nikita Naran · Rating 4 out of 5]

The three little pigs is a classic story about three little pigs that are told by their mother to set off into the world and build their own house but to beware of the BIG BAD WOLF. When the pigs set off they meet different people who have different building material to build their houses, but only the brick house survives the huff and puff of the hungry wolf's breath! In the end the wolf runs away and is never to be seen again.

The children loved the repetitive refrains of the wolf such as, 'I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down!'The three little pigs is a great story that provides many different learning opportunity for example, re in acting the story using pig masks, building houses using different building materials.

[Sonal Hall · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Three Little Pigs is a story everybody knows from nursery to year 6. Its a great story with plenty of ideas to come from it.
For example the materials the pigs used can link to a science lesson - make your own house for the pigs, what would you use?

It allows for literacy and i have used this in both reception and year one to great affect. In year one we used the characters to do some lovely description of the wolf.
In reception, it is a great story to story map as the children are familiar with it and the events that take place in the story.

[Karla Kulyas]

My favorite bedtime story, I would always ask my mom to retell the story to me. Tells how the three pigs build houses and the big bad wolf blows them down until the last one and he is defeated. This could work on the construction of stuff and why somethings are harder than others. Would be a great discussion to mean and nice ways to treat one another. Work on developing the students vocab and reading ability.

[Zara Younus]

All time kids' favorite story about three pigs who go out and build their houses out of different material, while being followed by a wolf.

Since many children are familiar to this story, I used this book in my second grade classroom as a sequencing lesson. Students used the events from the story to sequence the order from the first to the next to last.

[Sharmin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this book! Before reading to my nursery class I was very excited to read it. Children loved all the repetetive lines and acting out the actions. Its a great book to read with Children aged 3+, even adults enjoy this book.

[Katy W · Rating 3 out of 5]

The first time I read this out loud to my daughter, I scared her by putting too much gusto in to the wolf voice. It didn't put her off though, as this was one she requested over and over and over and over.......

[U1022534uel.ac.uk · Rating 5 out of 5]

During a recent topic focus on fairytales I introduced the story of the 3 Little Pigs to my Yr 1 class. Of course they loved the story and this book was perfect. Highly recommended.

[Jagdeer · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is my fafret book

[Sam Xxxx · Rating 5 out of 5]

My son loves this book especially the big bad wolf

[~mari~]

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[Heather]

Traditional literature - This is a fun traditional book that many people know. I liked these illustrations. They made the book more exciting. I would have this version in my classroom.