One of life's more important lessons is that a second view of the
same events may yield a story that is entirely different from
another but equally "true." As Alexander Wolf tells his story, he
was innocently trying to borrow a cup of sugar from a little pig
when he sneezed so hard that the pig's obviously inadequate straw
house fell down and killed him, so - rather than let all that good
ham go to waste - the wolf ate him. But when the third little pig,
safe in his brick house, not only refused to discuss loaning sugar
but was rude about the wolf's Granny, the wolf tried to force the
door, the pig called the cops, and the wolf was jailed -
complaining that reporters blew the story all out of proportion and
that he was framed. Scieszka carries off this revision with
suitably mordant humor, ably reflected in Smith's dark, elegantly
sophisticated illustrations. Not for little children, but middle
grades and up should be entertained while taking the point about
the unreliability of witnesses. (Kirkus Reviews)
A spoof on the three little pigs story, this time told from the wolf's point of view. Lane Smith also illustrated Hallowe'en ABC which was one of The New York Times Best Illustrated Books of the Year.
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