The Three Little Superpigs: Once Upon a Time

by Claire Evans, Claire Evans (Illustrator)

Overview

Learn how the Three Little Pigs became the Three Little SUPERPIGS in this hilarious story set in Fairyland!

Everyone thinks they know how the Three Little Pigs defeated the Big Bad Wolf. But that's not the whole story. The Three Little Pigs always dreamed of being superheroes. They wore superhero outfits and played superhero games. But when they move to Fairyland, they finally get to put their superhero skills to use! When the Big Bad Wolf blows down the houses of the first little pig and the second little pig, all seems lost. But, luckily, the third little pig comes up with a SUPER plan to save the day! The hilarious twist on the Three Little Pigs story teaches readers how exactly the Three Little Pigs became the superpigs who protect Fairyland from the Big Bad Wolf.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781338335712
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	03/26/2019
Series:	The Three Little Superpigs
Sold by:	Scholastic, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	40
File size:	54 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

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.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for The Three Little Superpigs:"Evans' smart twist on the familiar tale will elicit giggles at its clever wordplay and fairy-tale cameos. The details in the. . . brightly colored illustrations will make repeated readings as much fun as the first." — Kirkus Reviews"But Evans 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." — Publishers Weekly

From the Publisher

2018-11-21

An origin story for the Superpigs looks a lot like one many readers will be familiar with.

"Once upon a time, there were three little pigs. They dreamed of becoming SUPERHEROES! In fact," readers are told, "they were so obsessed that their family house became cluttered with all of their superhero" paraphernalia. Evidently fed up with the mess, their mother sends them off into the world to find homes of their own, and after hours of travel, they arrive in Fairyland. Signs on trees warn of a wolf, and their new friend Little Red Riding Hood tells them stories of stolen sheep and stolen granny nighties. The pigs build their houses (you know the ones). Along comes the wolf and chinny-chin-chin rebuffs and huffing and puffing…it all leads to the inevitable two flat houses and one scalded, captured wolf. All of Fairyland declares them the "THREE LITTLE SUPERPIGS"—and the pigs get their wish. Evans' unnecessary prequel to her cheeky, fractured original (2018) is a head-scratcher. Part of the charm of her first was that it picked up where the traditional tale left off. Why return to the source material with a rote retelling of the tale that a great many in her audience already know? Yes, this has a superhero twist, but that simply rehashes the first Superpig outing.

The few giggles from the illustrations don't make this more than a pork-barrel project. (Picture book. 2-7)

Kirkus Reviews