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Book Title:

Author(s):

Illustrator/Photographer/Artist:

Publisher:

Copyright Date:

Genre:

Brief Annotation:

Your Rating (1-5) and why:

Readers who will like this book:

Teaching Strategy from Tompkins or Yopp & Yopp (you'll link a strategy to at least 10 of your 40 books) :

Question to ask about this book before a read aloud:

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1. Interest Level (age):

2. Grade Level Equivalent (grade):
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Monday, January 30, 2012

The Three Little Pigs

Book Title: The Three Pigs
Author(s): David Wiesner
Illustrator/Photographer/Artist: David Wiesner
Publisher: Clarion Books
Copyright Date: 2001
Genre: Folklore
Brief Annotation: The three pigs escape the wolf and their story. They make a paper airplane and fly on a page to visit some other well-known stories before returning back to the crumpled pages of The Three Pigs.
Your Rating (1-5) and Why: I rate this one a three because for children it might be confusing to read since some of the pages are crumpled.
Readers who will like this book: Kids who like folklore and kids who know the Cat and the Fiddle story.
Question to ask about this book before you read aloud: In the story of the three little pigs that you have heard before who is telling the story?
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