The Three Little Pigs Count to 100

Grace Maccarone

ISBN 10: 0807579017 / ISBN 13: 9780807579015

Published by Albert Whitman & Company, 2015

About this Item

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.

Seller Inventory # CIN0807579017G

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Three Little Pigs Count to 100
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807579017
• ISBN 13: 9780807579015
• Binding: Hardback
• Illustrator: Pistacchio
• Condition: Good

About this title

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 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.