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The Three Little Pigs, Softcover, Beginning to Read (Modern Curriculum Press Beginning to Read)

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If you're looking for an easy and simple book, this would be the one. However if you're looking for some common phrases that make this story a classic, such as, "Little Pig, Little Pig, Let me in!" OR "Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin," OR "I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house in!," you won't be finding any of that in this book. Hope this helps consumers out there :-)

I am happy to see that this book has been re-issued. It was first published back in the early 1960s. This is a very simple retelling for young children learning to read. Ususally books geared to this age group have lousy illustrations, but this book does not. The pictures are wonderfully detailed, and the characterization of each pig and the wolf are fully realized. I still have my 45 year old copy of this book, and I can assure you that there are children out there who will receive this book today and will be holding on to it 45 years from now.

The three little pigs is a good book because it has good illustrations. For example the picture and the colors are cool. One of the parts that I like most about this book is when the wolf trys to get in the big red house and can't. Also when the pigs make fun of him because he cant get in. A final reason why I like this book is me and my mom alway read it to each other.

Each of Margaret Hillart's books has a small controlled vocabulary. Once your child knows the words in one Hillart book, he or she can easily read the other books by learning just a few new words. When teaching reading, I like to start with basic phonics first. But there are some common words such as the, of, you, etc. that are easier to just memorize. The Hillart books teach those basic words. Most of her stories are traditional fairy tales familiar to many children, making them great fun. I highly recommend them.