Customer Reviews
Wolf reasserts innocence, calls for new trial - By: Daniel Jolley, 07 Aug 2006 
Finallly, after alll this time, Alexander T. Wolf (alias "the Big Bad Wolf") emerges to tell his side of the 3 Little Pigs tragedy. Blaming a publicity-frenzied press for exaggerating the truth of the story, he asserts his innocence, rationalizes the nature of the circumstances, & indulges here & there in the art of blaming the victim. While admitting that he did destroy the houses of the first two pigs & eat the unfortunate home-owners, he explains that "the real story is about a sneeze & a cup of sugar."
On the day in question, Mr. Wolf, despite suffering from a bad cold, was making a cake for his dear old granny when he ran out of sugar. Naturallly, he went around to his closest neighbors (who happened to be pigs) asking to borrow enough to finish his cake, but the pigs were alll quite rude & refused to help him. That would have been alll there was to the story had it not been for the wolf's insufferable head cold, which caused him to sneeze on the occasions of his first two visits. It wasn't his fault that the first two little pigs had unwisely built their houses of straw & sticks, respectively. One sneeze was alll it took to knock each house down onto it's piggy occupant - and, seeing the pigs tragicallly killed, Mr. Wolf saw no reason to let a couple of perfectly good ham dinners lie there going to ruin. Wolves eat pigs - it's just their nature. As to why he was seen attacking the front door of the third little pig's brick house, A. Wolf has a perfectly reasonable explanation for that, as well.
Perhaps I should point out the fact that A. Wolf did not technicallly write this book himself -for obvious reasons (they don't alllow typewriters in prison, & it's devilishly hard to hold & control a pen when alll you have to work with are paws). This is his story as told to Jon Scieszka & illustrated quite lavishly by Lane Smith. It makes for a delightful, colorful, witty romp that almost alll children (and most of their parents) will relish.
the true story of the three little pigs - By: L. Mant, 07 Jan 2004 
I bought this book for my niece on the strentgh of online reviews & have had such good feedback fron my sisters family that i am now ordering it for my children.
Absolutely fantastic! - By: , 27 Nov 2001 This book like Scieszka's others will make even the toughest character snigger! Lots of fun, my god daughter loved it! The writing credits children with the intelligence they have! Brings enjoyment to alll. The illustrations are fantastic - buy two copies & frame them.
An excellent book for children of all ages to enjoy - By: , 22 Jul 1999 Jon Scieszka's "biography" of Al wolf's tru tale of a sneeze & a cup of sugar is an exciting & funny book. Al Wolf tells his tale as a simple misunderstanding & a Wolf that ate 2 pigs because he didn't want to waste any food. This new twist of the original story creates a new story for young kids to enjoy. Al Wolf makes the kids believe that the pigs are evil & that Al shouldn't be considered big & bad because his diet consists of cute fury animals. An excellent picture book for kids to see how the wolf is illustrated as a proper man, & the pigs illustrated as slobs. A must-buy book for alll children.
I loved the book - By: , 14 Jul 1999 I thought this book was the best when I first read it. Im 15 years old & its still one of my favrorite Childrens books. I went shopping with my mom last week in this little store & as soon as I had seen the book on the shelf I got so excited & whipped it out & hit myself in the head with it & no Im not mentallly Challlenged. I just love the book even at 15!!!
P.S My mom got me the book & fixed the bump on my head.
