A delightfull retelling of the three little pigs story. Three little gators strike out on their own in an east Texas swamp. Their mother warns them to build strong houses that can protect them from Big-bottomed Boar, who likes to eat tasty, tender gators for his snack. Soon, First Gator builds himself a nice house out of rocks. Second Gator reckons rocks are too much work, so he builds his house with sticks. And Third Gator's house of sand is the easiest one to build! But soon Big-bottomed Boar shows up. With a bump, bump, bump of the fierce boar's rump, he knocks over Third Gator's house of sand. It doesn't take long for that rump to bump Second Gator's house of sticks. But he can't knock over Third Gator's house of stones, so he tries another way in - through the chimney! Guess what happens to the Boar's rump after that?!
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Readers-particularly from the Lone Star State-who can't get enough of the original Three Little Pigs may enjoy this Texan transformation from the team behind Armadilly Chili. Ketteman's story features three gap-toothed young gators who outwit the Big-bottomed Boar, but the tag lines are not quite as memorable as the original wolf's huffing and puffing. When he's refused entry to the gators' houses, the boar threatens, "Then I'll wiggle my rump with a bump, bump, bump and smash your house!" The neon gators are differentiated only by a straw hat, a baseball cap, and a pair of glasses (which naturally belong to the smartest gator, who builds his house out of rocks). Ketteman adds a subtle-if somewhat didactic-message about sloth by having the gators scorn each others' building materials ("Bad choice.... Rocks are heavy and too much work"). Still, folksy details in both text ("Third Gator ran faster than a fox after a muskrat") and art (a bottle of boar sauce sits next to the fireplace, as the boar earns some grill marks) should entertain. Ages 4-8.
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The creators of Armadilly Chili (2004), a Texas slant on the “Little Red Hen,” are back with an adaptation of the “Three Little Pigs” set in an east Texas swamp. To protect themselves from the Big-bottomed Boar, the alligators build their houses with the usual materials (rocks, sticks, and sand). Encountering the sand house, the Big-bottomed Boar follows through on his threat to “wiggle my rump with a bump, bump, bump and smash your house!” The result: “Sand flew everywhere” while the Little Gator escapes “faster than a fox after a muskrat” to the stick house, and so on. Loaded with plenty of outlandish action from the bug-eyed, cartoonish characters rendered in glimmering colors, this would make a rip-roaring group read-aloud. Pair this with one of the many more traditional versions of the tale or use an adaptation such as The Three Little Fish and the Big Bad Shark by Ken Geist (2007) or The Three Little Javelinas by Susan Lowell (1992). Preschool-Grade 2. --Randall Enos
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Very clever book and good illustrations (kind of based on The Three Little Pigs). Child (3 years old) who received it as a gift simply loved it. My school librarian also read to classes of lst and 2nd graders. It was one of their favorite books.
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I'm an elementary librarian and I read this "fractured fairy tale" to my kindergartners and 1st graders. Now I can't keep the book on the shelf. The kids are still asking for it 6 months later! That's the sign of an entertaining and fun book. Highly recommended.
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This is a neat Southern version of the Three Little Bears. Our girls fell in love with this book when we borrowed it from our local library. Even though it has been a few months, they still talk about it. I believe I will get us a personal copy so we can always have it on hand!
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