Customer Reviews

The Three Little Fish And The Big Bad Shark

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I can't remember where my son got this book or for how long we have had, but I do know how much we enjoy it. It's a short story so it's usually one of two bedtime books.

This book took the legendary story of The Three Little Pigs and gave it a face lift. Instead of the Three Little Pigs, we have Three Little Fish. Instead of the Big Bad Wolf, we have The Big Bad Shark. It's the same basic plot with a new setting, the ocean.

The pictures are very vibrant and the story is fun to read. The words are fairly large, making it easy to point them out as I read. The author has also added a female to the story. Instead of all three of the fish being brothers like in the classic piggy story, they have added one sister fish.

Like the original, the story is brief. What I like about the brevity and repetition is I can easily point out the words while I read. Hopefully the familiarity of using some of the same words and sentences repeatedly will help my son recognize those words and eventually help him read.

As someone who enjoys the repetition for teaching, but was a bit burned out on the pigs, this book was a refreshing and enjoyable change. I give it two fins up!

Cherise Everhard, Feb. 2008

My four year old son loves the story of the three little pigs which is why I purchased this book. I was so pleased when it arrived. The illustrations are beautifully done, the colors are vibrant and the print is large. The story is quick and easy to read and the repetition, just like in "The Three Little Pigs," makes it very catchy. Examples: "Little Fish, Little Fish, Let Me Come In." "Not by the skin of my finny fin fin!" "Then I'll munch and I'll crunch and I'll smash your house in." A quick and fun read!

When the kids go over to the bookshelf, this is usually one of the books in the stack they bring back to read. Yes, it is "Three Little Pigs" inspired with a very dramatic Shark and colorful illustrations. My kids pretend they are the fish answering the big bad Shark's call of "I'll munch and I'll crunch....with "not by the skin of my finny fin fin." This is a great book to make reading fun.

My son is three and is just now getting into books, so I turned to Amazon and bought him a ton of books and this book is one of them. This is a new version of the three little pigs, but much cuter I think. My son loves this book and I knew it would be a hit. He loves fish and the underwater adventure in this book is precious. The wording/text is cute and my mother even read it to him one night and got a little giggle reading it. It was really cute and funny to us adults who have to read it. "Not by the skin of my finny fin fin!" Also, the shark doesn't scare my son. We both love this book and it is becoming one of his favorites and he asks me to read it to him more and more. I would definately recommend this book.

My son loves this book. It is a great twist on The Three Little Pigs. We read it at least twice every day. Bright colors. Highly recommend.

This is a fun little book. My son loved it when he had just tuned three and now enjoys reading it himself now that he is reading. It gives a lot of opportunity to give the charters "voices" which my son loves.

This book is another take on the classic 3 little pigs story. It is very creative and the children in my preschool class just loved it so much that I had to buy it. This is a must read for children!

Very cute book - my son LOVES to read this one. A nice little spin on The 3 Little Pigs. The pictures are wonderfully drawn.

This kids in my 2-year-old class LOVE this book. They beg me to read "The Shark Book" all the time! They enjoy making a scary voice for the shark and have memorized parts of the dialogue. It's a guarantee your child or class will like it! :)

I don't know who enjoys going to the library in search of wonderful new treasures more...me or my kids! I requested this book from our local library and the first time I read it to my 4 yr old I laughed out loud! What a great book...sure, it's a story plot remake...with a great deal of humor mixed in! We've checked the book out of the library 4 different times...we like it so much I've put it in our cart for purchase!