The Four Little Pigs (Fishy Tales) [Kindle Edition]

Anastasya Shepherd (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

A cautionary tale about the sad consequences of little pigs being ill-prepared for real-world encounters with Big Bad Wolves. A shocking revelation about the fourth little pig, who has been previously concealed from the public eye. And - of course - a reasonably happy end.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 1867 KB
• Print Length: 17 pages
• Publisher: Anastasya Shepherd; 1 edition (May 31, 2009)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B002BSHCSC
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #170,360 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

This is my very brief biography - I accumulated quite a lot of it over the years... for more information, books, pictures and photographs, please visit my website at http://www.scarletline.com/ashepherd/index.html

I was born in Moscow before it became a part of the larger world, in 1969. I was not welcome. I grew up, more or less, and completed an Art school program in 1986. I was writing poetry and reading just about everything that I could find. I demonstrated unusually good taste at that point in my life, by re-typing other people's poetry rather than my own - mostly copies of poets then illegal in the Soviet Union. After three attempts and numerous adventures in bureaucracy, I was accepted to the Second Moscow Medical School in spite of being ethnically Jewish and characterologically an annoying know-it-all. I was told I was very lucky - a part of the intakes committee was arrested for accepting bribes that year and the rest were too dazed and confused to follow the latest quotas.

My family and I left Soviet Union as soon as we could - in 1989. At that point, we were plunging into the unknown, with no chance of return or contact with our former lives. In order to leave, we had to give up our citizenship and most of our stuff. We spent two weeks in Austria and six months in Italy, awaiting permission to enter the United States. We belonged nowhere in time or space - a unique state most people never experience. It was terrifying and exhilarating for a 19-year-old.

After arriving in the United States, I worked, and studied, and worked again. I worked as a neuropsychologist for ten years. It was fun! But by that time it became abundantly clear that I actually much prefer learning to knowing and asking questions to answering them. Since I was not prepared to deal with the bureaucracy of academia, the question of how to make a living by means of asking questions proved to be a tricky one.

Meanwhile, I married my boyfriend of 14 years. It was a fairy tale wedding: just the two of us in a Las Vegas chapel, with an Elvis Presley impersonator for a witness - was it reality or fiction? Anyway, it is a consensual reality - another term for a shared delusion - for us. In 2006 we had a daughter and in 2007 - a son. There is nothing more real than that. I had been drawing and dabbling in photography throughout the years, but at that point I started writing and illustrating for my children, and suddenly realized that I had something to say. I also realized that it was a natural way of making a living by means of asking questions - which seems to me to be the purpose of art. Which brings me neatly to the present day and the purpose of this site.

We moved to England in 2010 and I continued to write and draw. My children are my target audience - which is nice, since they are definitely biased in my favor. I hope, you will be too!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars The real World, October 13, 2011

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eigentlichkeinrezensent - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Four Little Pigs (Fishy Tales) (Kindle Edition)

The story of the three little pigs is charmingly old-fashioned, "Do a good job, and you're safe for the rest of your life!"
Luckily,(or unluckily!) Anastasya Shepherd knows the real story and reveals it to us together with her charming illustrations.
Namely: "The good job is no more enough, you need a dirty trick up your sleeve!"
and
"Don't trust preconceived ideas, trust only yourself!"

5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful book, June 23, 2009

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Evgenia Feldshtern (Oakland, CA ,USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Four Little Pigs (Fishy Tales) (Kindle Edition)

This is a delightful book written and illustrated by the gifted author who loves and understands children.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Story for the Whole Family, June 22, 2009

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Iralei (CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Four Little Pigs (Fishy Tales) (Kindle Edition)

This is a very clever and funny version of a classic story. The illustrations are wonderful. This witty book introduces children to the real world in a very gentle and humorous way. Great reading for children and adults alike. Certainly my favorite version of the little pigs story.