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Pig, Pigger, Piggest

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I have a growing collection of works that are variations of classic folk and fairytales. This is one of the cleverest reworkings of the 3 Little Pigs I've seen. In the literacy program I am working on in Chicago Public Schools, we are using this book in several intermediate grade classrooms as an engaging way to teaching a point of grammar (comparative and superlative forms) and as one of a series of 3 Little Pig stories we are comparing--the end goal is to turn the kids into authors of their own "fractured fairy tale."

In a loose retelling of the story of the Three Little Pigs, author Rick Walton provides a romp through the world of superlatives. Join Pig, Pigger, and Piggest as they build their homes from the mud, muddier, and muddiest places. Of course there are the mean witch, witcher, and witchest, who seek to bring trouble into the lives of the pigs, but in a surprise ending everything turns out for the best for everyone. A fun book that is sure to keep children entertained Pig Pigger Piggest gets a high, higher, highest recommendation.

As a first grader teacher, this is the BEST book to really drive home the comparison of big, bigger, and biggest (and similar ideas). The students really enjoyed predicting what the next -er and -est would be once they heard "cheap sheep", "tall wall", "squeak", "cat", "witch", "huff and puff", etc. The story line was even OK for a children's book, but it's definitely worth it just for learning the skill of adding -er and -est to words!!

Pig, Pigger, Piggest should not be overlooked! This is a great example of why authors change a memorable story like the three little pigs into something imaginative and innovative. Pig, Pigger, Piggest also bridges the gap in reading from read to me, to let me try to read. My 5 year old loves pigs and requested this book on the name alone. Pig, Pigger, Piggest is cute, funny and a great wierd read. My son still reads this one. Its illustrations are hysterical. The plot is wierd but semi predictable. And yet, it's not the same old story. Pig is the smallest, Pigger is larger, and Piggest is the largest pig. They are a bit uppity and meet three witches: Witch, Witcher and Witchest. The story rolls from there but it's cute and worth a read. I love it, my son loves it and he can read it himself so I guess that's more of a review in itself. He likes the book. I think it's cute and it's worth a read!

This book is so cute! As a second grade teacher, it's perfect for teaching the suffixes -er, -est! My students thought it was hilarious! I also read it to my three year old son and he didn't want me to take it to school- he loves it too!

This was a cute book. I use it as a first grader teacher in my math unit.

We found this retelling of the three little pigs to be completely enjoyable. It sneaks in comparatives and superlatives and does a great job reinforcing those concepts, and there's a twist at the end of the story, when the pigs end up marrying the antagonists, that we absolutely howled with laughter about. What a great story book.