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    The Three Little Pigs by Paul Galdone, Paul Galdone (Illustrator)

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    • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
    • Pub. Date: April 1984
    • ISBN-13: 9780899192758
    • Sales Rank: 37,407
    • Age Range: 4 to 8
    • 48pp
    • Edition Description: Reprint
     
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    Synopsis

    All three pigs set out to seek their fortune, but two of them come to a sorry end.

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    PreS-Gr 3-The classic folktale.

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    Biography

    Paul Galdone was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1914 and emigrated to the United States in 1928. After finishing his studies at the Art Student League and the New York School of Industrial Design, Mr. Galdone worked in the art department of a major publishing house. There he was introduced to the process of bookmaking, an activity that was soon to become his lifelong career.Before his death in 1986, Mr. Galdone illustrated almost three hundred books, many of which he himself wrote or retold. He is fondly remembered for his contemporary style, bright earthy humor, and action-filled illustrations, which will continue to delight for generations to come.

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    True to the one that I rememberby Anonymous

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    August 24, 2005: Just what I was looking for . In this story , unlike the modern version's ,the little pigs that did not work hard got eaten by the ' big bad wolf ' . The third little pig that worked hard was rewarded .No political correct sugar coating here . This is the classic tale .

    traumatizing versionby Anonymous

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    March 11, 2004: While Paul Galdone's version of the Three Little Pigs is wonderfully illustrated with bright watercolors the story telling itself is very disturbing. Rather than the commonly heard versions where the first two brothers escape the wolf and live with their brother in the brick house, this story returns to its Grimm's roots. The wolf eats the first two brothers, which is pretty upsetting at first. I found myself utterly depressed after a few pages later the third brother is sitting in his living room with pictures of his killed brothers smiling down on him. I'm 18 and was traumatized, I don't know how a younger child would deal with this!