The True Story of the Three Little
Pigs by Jon Scieszka
The True Story Of The Three Little Pigs
Did the story of the three little pigs ever seem slightly biased to you? All
that huffing and puffing--could one wolf really be so unequivocally evil?
Finally, we get to hear the rest of the story, as told to author Jon Scieszka,
straight from the wolfs mouth. As Alexander T. Wolf explains it, the whole
Big Bad Wolf thing was just a big misunderstanding. Al Wolf was minding
his own business, making his granny a cake, when he realized he was out
of a key ingredient. He innocently went from house to house to house
(one made of straw, one of sticks, and one of bricks) asking to borrow a
cup of sugar. Could he help it if he had a bad cold, causing him to sneeze
gigantic, gale-force sneezes? Could he help it if pigs these days use
shabby construction materials? And after the pigs had been ever-so-
accidentally killed, well, who can blame him for having a snack? As with
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, (another stellar
collaboration by Scieszka and illustrator Lane Smith), children who know
all the old stories by heart will delight in reading impudent new versions.
Here, Scieszkas text is clever, savvy, and tabloid-quick, and Smiths

stretchy-strange illustrations complete this funny, irreverent, thoroughly
original tale. (Ages 4 to 8)
Personal Review: The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon
Scieszka
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs is one of my favorite stories to read
to my two girls. I like it because the illustrations are incredibly detailed and
very funny (in a slightly off-beat and twisted way). I also love that the story
is told from the poor wolf's perspective.
This book is one that illustrates that there are always two sides to every
story. We all know the pigs' side of the story, and in this delightfully funny
version, we get to hear the wolf's side.
I've had this book for several years now and it has been a family favorite.
Children as young as two will find this story very funny. My oldest child is
nearly eight and she still thinks this book is a riot. On several occasions
she has brought this book in to school to share with her class. We have
yet to come across a group of children who don't like this book.
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