The Three Little Pigs

I read The Three Little Pigs retold by Kath Jewitt and illustrated by Mei Matsuoka. I love this story! This is a very well-known story, but I enjoyed actually reading it for myself. This specific version of the story was told well and had phenomenal illustrations. The story focuses on three little pigs each leaving home, building their own house out of different materials to protect them from the big bad wolf. In the end, the third little pig's house, made of bricks, was the strongest. No matter how much the big bad wolf huffed and puffed he couldn't blow it down, so he decided to climb down the chimney, but he fell in the hot pot of turnips that was on the fire. The big bad wolf was never seen again, and the little pigs lived happily ever after.

I think the appropriate grade level for this book would be early childhood up to second grade. A good thing about this specific version of The Three Little Pigs is that the material of the cover is very kid friendly. The book is still hardback, but the feeling of the cover is almost squishy which makes it very durable. I would definitely use this book in my future classroom because it teaches the lesson that working harder and longer pays off in the end instead of just taking the easy way out. This would be a good book to pull out if a lot of students are rushing through their work which is causing them to make mistakes. This story can be incorporated into a science lesson about force with a focus on what objects can be blown away.