SuitabookThe True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Jon Scieszka
- Reading
- Read it alongside a version of “The Three Little Pigs” your child knows, if useful. Pause to compare narrators and details, while leaving room for the wolf’s account to remain a playful alternative.
- Themes
- Point of view and truth: Alexander T. Wolf tells his own version of events involving the three pigs, recasting a familiar fairy tale. The change of narrator makes perspective central, but the available details do not show whether the story treats the wolf’s account as truthful, false or deliberately unresolved.
- Worth knowing
- The wolf’s account concerns his encounter with the pigs, and the story is described as outlandish. If your child prefers familiar tales told straightforwardly, the change of viewpoint may be worth bearing in mind.