The true story of the 3 little pigs

Format:

Audio disc

Title:

The true story of the 3 little pigs

Other title(s):

True story of the three little pigs

Author:

Scieszka, Jon.

ISBN:

9780545094573

9780545094597

9780545094504

9780670827596

Publication Information:

[Norwalk, CT] : Weston Woods Studios, [2008]

Physical Description:

1 audio disc ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm)

Series title(s):

Weston Woods read-along CD.

General Note:

Track 1. Story with page-turn signals (8:07); Track 2. Story without page-turn signals (7:58).

Accompanied by book: The true story of the 3 little pigs / by A. Wolf; as told to Jon Scieszka; illustrated by Lane Smith. -- New York : Puffin Books, 1996.

Contents:

Track 1. Story with page-turn signals (8 min., 7 sec.) ; Track 2. Story without page-turn signals (7 min., 58 sec.).

Summary:

Alexander T. Wolf gives his own bizarre version of what really happened between the three little pigs and the big bad wolf.

Reading Level:

Interest age level: ages 3-8.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR LG 3.0 0.5 9506.

Subject(s):

Wolves -- Juvenile fiction.

Swine -- Juvenile fiction.

Wolves -- Fiction.

Pigs -- Fiction.

Genre:

Compact discs.

Children's audiobooks

Talking books for children.

Children's audiobooks.

Added Author:

Smith, Lane.

Giamatti, Paul.

King, Chris Thomas.

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Library	Call Number	Status
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Searching... Salem Main Library	JPR Scieszka	Searching... Unknown

The classic story told from the wolf's point of view. Narrated by Paul Giamatti with a bluesy musical score by Chris Thomas King. A co-production of Weston Woods and Remir Productions. Directed by Konstantin Bronzit. DVD includes bonus interview with author Jon Scieszka and illustrator Lane Smith.

Author Notes

Jon Scieszka was born September 8, 1954 in Flint , Michigan. After he graduated from Culver Military Academy where he was a Lieutenant, he studied to be a doctor at Albion College. He changed career directions and attended Columbia University where he received a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1980. Before he became a full time writer, Scieszka was a lifeguard, painted factories, houses, and apartments and also wrote for magazines. He taught elementary school in New York for ten years as a 1st grade assistant, a 2nd grade homeroom teacher, and a computer, math, science and history teacher in 3rd - 8th grade.

He decided to take off a year from teaching in order to work with Lane Smith, an illustrator, to develop ideas for children's books. His book, The Stinky Cheese Man received the 1994 Rhode Island Children's Book Award. Scieszka's Math Curse, illustrated by Lane Smith, was an American Library Association Notable Book in 1996; a Blue Ribbon Book from the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books in 1995; and a Publisher's Weekly Best Children's Book in 1995. The Stinky Cheese Man received Georgia's 1997 Children's Choice Award and Wisconsin's The Golden Archer Award. Math Curse received Maine's Student Book Award, The Texas Bluebonnet Award and New Hampshire's The Great Stone Face Book Award in 1997. He was appointed the first National Ambassador for Young People's Literature by the Library of Congress in 2008. In 2014 his title, Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor made The New York Times Best Seller List. Frank Einstein and the Electro-Finger made the list in 2015.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (2)

School Library Journal Review

PreS-Gr 3-According to John Scieszka, we have all been misled concerning the tale of the three little pigs. The true story, as told by Alexander T. Wolf to Scieszka, was really about the quest for a cup of sugar and a very bad cold. After his terrible sneezes destroyed the first two houses belonging to the little pigs, Mr. Wolf had to eat those victims because it would have been a waste to leave "a perfectly good ham dinner" lying there! And when the third little pig insulted his dear, sweet grandmother, the wolf reacted as any loyal grandson would, huffing and puffing and trying to knock down the pig's door. The truth is that Mr. Wolf was framed, since the story of a bow tie-clad wolf going door to door in search of a cup of sugar needed to bake a cake for his granny is not exciting enough for the newspapers. Lane Smith's sepia-toned illustrations spring to life, with added animation and wonderful movement between scenes. Narrated matter-of-factly by Paul Giamatti, the tale is accompanied by Chris Thomas King's jazzy musical score which is perfectly suited to the sophisticated but light-hearted mood. Optional subtitles are available. In an interview with the author and the illustrator, they discuss how the book came to be and reveal how their close relationship and unique brand of humor help them create imaginative books. An outstanding picture book (Viking, 1989) has been made even better as it springs to life in DVD format.-MaryAnn Karre, Horace Mann Elementary School, Binghamton, NY (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Horn Book Review

This tenth anniversary edition of A. Wolf's exposé of the three little pigs includes an introduction by the imprisoned wolf himself, still claiming his innocence and professing to be a model prisoner (with no knowledge of how that saw got in the cake his granny sent him). From HORN BOOK Spring 2000, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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