You gotta get your hands on these!
An ABBY Honor Book
ALA Notable Children's Book
A New York Times Best Book of the Year
Association of Booksellers for Children Choice
Silver Medal, Society of Illustrators
Parenting's Reading-Magic Award
Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List
Publishers Weekly Top Selling Kids Books of all Time List
Scieszka, Jon. 1989. The True Story Of The 3 Little Pigs! Illustrated by Lane Smith. New York: Viking Children's. ISBN: 0-670-82759-2
I knocked on the brick house. No answer. I called, "Mr. Pig, Mr. Pig, are you in?" And do you know what that rude little porker answered? "Get out of here, Wolf. Don't bother me again."
You think you know but you don’t know! Mr. A. Wolf is innocent! He was framed! Well, that is what Mr. Jon Scieszka wants us to believe. His book, The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!, tells the story after the story. The story is hilarious and you will find yourself chanting "FREE A. WOLF! FREE A. WOLF!" Reluctant readers will fall in love with this one.
Scieszka, Jon. 2001. Baloney. Illustrated by Lane Smith. New York: Viking Children's. ISBN: 0-670-89248-3
"That's it," said Miss Bugscuffle. "Permanent Lifelong Detention...unless you have one very good and very believable excuse." "Well I would have been exactly on time, " said Henry. "But..."
Just like a bee to honey, you will be drawn to this book. The cover is so cool!
Henry P. Baloney is from another planet but he has a problem that we can certainly relate to. He is late for class, AGAIN! Henry comes up with this awesome excuse that just grows more and more imaginative. This wild adventure covertly introduces the wonderful world of foreign language. Reluctant readers won't know what hit them!
Scieszka, Jon. 1991. The Frog Prince, Continued. Illustrated by Steve Johnson. New York: Viking. ISBN: 0-670-83421-1
First you keep me awake all night with your horrible, croaking snore. Now I find a lily pad in your pocket. I can't believe I actually kissed your slimy frog lips. Sometimes I think we would both be better off if you were still a frog.
Readers are given a brief glimpse of life after the fairy-tale marriage, and they will learn a valuable lesson from the royal couple. The plot moves quickly, the illustrations are delightful and evil witches from other folktales repeatedly show up along the way to provide plenty of comic relief. This book ends happily and is a wonderful book to read aloud. Reluctant readers will not be able to keep their hands off this one!
