The Three Little Pigs Count to 100

Maccarone, Grace

ISBN 10: 0807579017 ISBN 13: 9780807579015

Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company, 2015

Synopsis

The well-known fable of the Three Little Pigs gets a makeover in this efficient counting guide for beginning readers. The first little pig uses 5 bundles of straw to build a house in the shape of a cylinder, but the wolf blows it down. Using 6 big sticks and sheets to build a cone-shaped house, the second little pig is also unsuccessful at keeping the wolf at bay. Finally, the third little pig smartly gathers 100 strong bricks to build a cube-shaped house. Guess which piggy’s house finally withstands the big bad wolf’s blows? Pages at the end feature information on ordinal numbers, counting by ones and tens, and geometric shapes.

About this title

About the Authors

Grace Maccarone is a children's book editor and the award-winning author of many books for children, including Miss Lina's Ballerinas, The Haunting of Grade Three, Monster Math, The Three Bears ABC, and the First Grade Friends series. She lives in New York.

Pistacchio is the union of two self-taught artists from Barcelona: Nuria Aparicio and Joan I. Guardiet. Nuria lives with her husband and two cuddly cats. She's knitting a beautiful pullover for the Wolf to make him happier. Joan is looking forward to adding this book to his library, allegedly to read it to his two daughters. His wife suspects he will secretly use it to learn to count to 100.

Reviews

K-Gr 2—Maccarone successfully combines teaching complex shapes and numbers, using a number of fairy-tale characters to do so. Mama Pig sends her three sons to seek their fortunes. The first pig meets Rumpelstiltskin and uses his straw to build a cylindrical house, which is unsurprisingly unsturdy. Pig number two meets Pinocchio and buys materials to build a cone-shaped teepee, which also doesn't hold up. The third pig meets a succession of characters, each offering him a larger number of inappropriate building supplies, such as leaves, wool, and peanuts. Finally, he encounters the Gingerbread Man, who has 100 bricks. The story, numbers, and shapes are summarized at the end. Younger children will likely need help interpreting the apple and brick graphs. VERDICT Cheerful illustrations and familiar fairy tale characters enliven this tale of numbers and shapes.—B. Allison Gray, Goleta Public Library, CA

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The Three Little Pigs Count to 100

By Grace Maccarone

ALBERT WHITMAN & Company

Copyright © 2015 Grace Maccarone
All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-0-8075-7901-5

CHAPTER 1

Once upon a time, there was 1 mother pig.

She had 2 apples

but 3 sons.

She cut each of the apples in half to make 4 pieces. And the 4 pigs shared them.

They were still quite hungry.

"It is time for you to seek your fortunes," the mother pig said to her sons.

The first little pig met a man with 5 bundles of straw. "Please, sir, give me that straw to build a house," said the first little pig.

The man did, and the first little pig built a house in the shape of a cylinder.

A wolf came along and knocked at the door. "Little pig, little pig, let me come in."

To which the pig answered, "No! Not by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin!"

This made the wolf angry and he said, "Then I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house in."

(Continues...)

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Edition details

• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807579017
• ISBN 13: 9780807579015
• Binding: Library Binding
• Illustrator: Pistacchio
• Number of pages: 32