Too Many Pigs and One Big Bad Wolf by Davide Cali

I'm sure you know the story of the three little pigs. Three pigs against one big bad wolf. And the pigs win. Or do they? 

Thoughts: So much to love in this book! Twelve different versions of the original story of the three little pigs told by a hungry wolf and shot down by a dissatisfied reader. Too Many Pigs and One Big Bad Wolf will be fun to share with a variety of ages as just a story, but with older kids there's so much more you could do. Have them add details to their favorite retelling in the book to appease the reader with a longer story. Expand the story of one of the pigs (I'm sure there's more to know about a sudoku loving pig.) Find activity sheets from the publisher here (scroll down to the title of the book.) The illustrations are fun and perfectly suit the text. I love the use of an abacus and the limited color palette (blue, red, and yellow) with tiny additions of other colors. 

Themes: Fairy Tales, Pigs, Wolves, Fractured Fairy Tales, Three Little Pigs Variants

(Illustrated by Marianna Balducci. Tundra, 2023.)