The Three Little Superpigs (Three Little Superpigs #1)

by Claire Evans (Author) Claire Evans (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade

After defeating the Big Bad Wolf, the Three Little Superpigs spend their days fighting crime and enjoying their newfound fame. But one day, the Big Bad Wolf escapes from prison and plunges Fairyland into fear. Our curly-tailed friends soon discover that bricks are missing all over town. The Superpigs return to their homes to solve the mystery when they realize it has all been a trap!

Join our new superheroes as they escape from the evil clutches of the Big Bad Wolf and save Fairyland in this first Superpigs adventure. Readers will huff and puff and laugh and laugh.

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Kirkus

A starter fractured fairy tale for readers not yet ready for "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs." 

Publishers Weekly

After putting the Big Bad Wolf away in Happily Never After Prison, the Three Little Pigs become crime-fighting heroes of Fairyland, where readers will see one pig taking a selfie with Red Riding Hood and another giving an autograph to the Gingerbread Man. But then Wolf escapes, and his cunning revenge plan makes it seem almost certain that pigs-in-a-blanket will be on the dinner menu in short order. The action turns out to be an elaborate setup for a joke on "when pigs fly," and the deux ex machina--a trio of jet packs created by the Third Pig (proving once again he's the smartest one)--seems a bit rushed and convenient, even for a spoof. But Evans (The Chicken That Hatched a Cow) is an energetic, pop-culture-savvy storyteller: a smart blend of vignettes and spreads keeps the tale tightly paced, and she cleverly evokes the visual and textual tropes of horror and detective movies (there's even a joke about a menace coming from inside the house). She also has a wonderful way with color, gleefully careening between a happy Candyland palette and chiaroscuro to capture the Wolf at his most nefarious. Ages 4-7. (July)

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School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 2--The three little superpigs are famous in Fairyland after capturing the Big Bad Wolf and sending him off to Happily Never After Prison. The ever-helpful pigs rebuild Fairyland out of bricks and take up a life fighting crime (we see Goldilocks in handcuffs). Meanwhile, the big bad wolf is plotting his escape--readers see him in prison reading "Bricklaying for Bad Guys." Full of rollicking, silly fun, the cartoon style artwork in highly saturated colors matches the feel of the text and adds a lot of humor: the endpapers are hot pink bricks. The whole book is so goofy that adults will just barely cringe at the last joke "pigs really can fly!" VERDICT A good choice for any fractured fairy tale collection.--Hillary Perelyubskiy, Los Angeles Public Library

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Claire Evans
Claire Evans is an author and illustrator from Liverpool, England. Her other books include The Chicken That Hatched a Cow, Robot Stop, and The Bear and the Hair.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781338245455
Lexile Measure
640
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Publication date
July 31, 2018
Series
Three Little Superpigs
BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV002200 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Pigs
JUV002250 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Wolves & Coyotes
JUV012040 - Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore | Adaptations
Library of Congress categories
Humorous stories
Pigs
Characters in literature
Swine
Picture books
Fairy tales
Brothers
Superheroes
Humorous fiction
Wolves
Adaptations

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