Wiesner, D. (2001). The Three Pigs. New York, NY: Clarion Books.
The three pigs build three houses and the wolf comes and blows the first two houses down and walks up to the third house. Think you know the story? Well the characters in this story choose to change course and leave. The pigs take a paper airplane to new settings and pick up new characters from different stories along the way.
Wiesner's illustrations take the reader through different genres through different scenarios. He cleverly draws pictures to make it look like the pigs are leaving the pages of the book and going into the pages of another. The speech bubbles interjected in the middle of the normal text is an interesting way to show the characters interacting with each other outside of the story. It is a neat way to show the initial story is being interrupted.
Students would like this because it is not what they would be expected. Teachers can use this to teach character insight when they are writing. Or they can use it to teach how to make a surprise ending.
Wiesner's illustrations take the reader through different genres through different scenarios. He cleverly draws pictures to make it look like the pigs are leaving the pages of the book and going into the pages of another. The speech bubbles interjected in the middle of the normal text is an interesting way to show the characters interacting with each other outside of the story. It is a neat way to show the initial story is being interrupted.
Students would like this because it is not what they would be expected. Teachers can use this to teach character insight when they are writing. Or they can use it to teach how to make a surprise ending.
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