Summary: three little piggies built houses, one of straw, another of sticks, and finally one with bricks. When the straw and sticks blew over, the last with bricks still stands where it was made. The tricky wolf tries to lure the pig out, turnip farms, apples, and the fair. When the wolf failed for the last time, he ventures down the chimney to land in a boiling pot of water.

Reflection: it's a classic, my nephews love this book and often try to replicate the book with boxes we have around the house. I remember one of them asking "why doesn't the wolf stop" and it got me to wonder how he thought of that at 3? So I asked him why he thought the wolf didn't stop and he said "maybe the wolf wanted to be friends". New plot twist!

Extension: I think this would be a fun classroom activity! Make three little houses in the room, and have the children pick a house. Since it's going to be an outside activity we can see which house stands the winds of Oklahoma on a windy day. ( )

ISBN 0785300317 - The Fairy Tale Treasury series has one good thing going for it, even before you open the book: they're small enough to travel easily, almost pocket-sized. Being able to take them along when you're out is a plus, especially for car rides.

Three little pigs decide to build houses and each of them meet men carrying materials that they decide to use. The first builds of the straw, the second of sticks; each of them lose their homes when the big bad wolf comes. The third pig uses bricks and his house does not come down, no matter how hard the wolf tries. Annoyed, the wolf tries to trick the pig into coming out, luring him with turnips, apples and even a visit to the fair. The pig outsmarts the wolf every time and when the wolf finally decides to use the chimney to get inside, he's met by a pot of boiling water.

The illustrations are nothing special, but they're nice. The best part of the book is that the story doesn't end with the huffing and puffing, but goes on to detail various tricks of the wolf. Those who remember the tale saying that the first little pig ran to the second little pig's house after the wolf blew his down, and that the two ran to the third's house when the second house fell, might find the change to the tale they recall to be a negative. I liked it mostly because the story is always too short that way. The fate of the first two pigs is never mentioned after their houses fall, a lack I found strangely delicate, since the wolf's fate is the gleeful climax.

- AnnaLovesBooks ( )

This is the classic tale of three brother pigs who choose to build there homes out of different material. A pesky wolf comes and trys to sabatoge each house and pig.
This story means so much to me because I remeber my dad telling it to me and making the funniest sound while "huffing and puffing"
This is a great story to get kids involed in the reciring. They can join in when the pigs say, "not by the hairs of my chinny chin chin"
Children can recreate the story by making little model homes using straw and sticks.