The Three Pigs by David Wiesner

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The Three Pigs is a modern retelling of the classic fairy tale. After the wolf arrives to terrorize these well-known pigs, they flee their story, and escape their pages and head on to new adventures in other fairy tales all while trying to outsmart the wolf. Are they successful? Read and find out!



Texture: The Three Pigs - The 3-dimensional illustrations allow the pigs to break the fourth wall as they climb out of their storybook and into other books. This allows the story to take on a metafictional aspect, altering their own tale. In the plot the 3-dimensional pig characters are able to manipulate the comic book style cells and rearrange the story. In one case the crumpled nature of one of the cells, shows that it is in the process of being moved. This is further contrasted by the lack of texture on the simplified storybook nursery rhyme pages, that are drawn in a very flat, simplistic style. 

Wiesner, D. (2001). The three little pigs. NY: Clarion.

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