I cannot say enough about the illustrations!! They were just too cute!! This classic story is one every child should know. In a classroom setting, you could read students the story and teach them that though being a bully may make you top dog and powerful for a while, it won't last long! Being mean gets you nowhere and I think thats an important lesson for elementary aged children. To get students involved, maybe have them team up and build houses out of straws, paper, etc, and let other teams try to blow them down. Children can also wear fake pig noses during the reading of the story because dressing up is always, always, always fun. I loved the book and definitely recommend it. ( )

Summary:
This is the classic story of our favorite little pigs. Their mother sends them out on their own, and they each have to build their own home. The first builds his out of straw and the second out of wood. Each of these was way too easy for the mean old wolf to blow down. This resulted in both of the piggies begin eaten. The third little pig outsmarts the wolf and builds a brick house. Then he goes through a bunch of trickery to eventually beat the wolf and have a nice dinner!

Personal Reaction:
I loved the whimsical art in this book. It really brought the story to life. It was really cute and reconveys this traditional story really well.

Classroom Application:
1. Have them build their own minature houses, and let them test it to see how sturdy it is. Can be a geometry (early) lesson in its own way.
2. Talk about bullying by comparing the wolf to a bully. ( )

Three little pigs venture out to build their own houses. The first pig builds his house out of straw, but soon, a wolf blows it down and gobbles him up. The second pig makes his house out of wood. He too is eaten by a wolf that blew his house down. The third pig, however, took the time to build his house out of brick. When the wolf comes to visit him, he cannot blow his house down. After many attempts to get the pig out of the house so he can eat him, the wolf grows impatient. He decides to climb down the chimney to get to the pig. When the pig notices this, he puts a boiling pot of water on the fire, and the wolf falls in. The pig eats the wolf for supper.

I like this classic story, because it shows that hard work pays off. I have always been the type to work hard and try my best at everything I do. Therefore, I appreciate a story that suggests my work will be rewarded in the end, just like the third pig was able to live happily-ever-after due to his good decisions and work ethic.

I would read this book to any individual student who shows little interest in working hard (i.e. not turning in homework). I would discuss with them, how our work and decisions we make today, affect our future. Hopefully, this book could help to get students back on track, in education. Another classroom extension would be to read a couple different versions of this story. I would have the students note the similarities and differences they find within the books.

This story is about three pigs. They all left home in search of their own homes. The first pig built his out of straw, and a wolf came a long a blew it down. The second pig built a home out of wood, and the wolf came along an blew it down. The third pig built a home out of brick, and the wolf could not blow it down. I got mad and tried to trick the pig, but in the end the pig tricked the wolf. All the wolf wanted was to eat the pigs.

I remember the Three Little Pigs story as a child and do not remember the wold eating the pigs. I thought this book was not the best example of this fantasy, but was okay.

One idea as a class assignment would be to have each child create a pig, or if they are older kids, they could all build what they think is a sturdy home out of things they all bring from home. Then they could have a blowing contest to see whos home lasts.