The Three Little Pigs Count to 100
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- £10.99
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- £10.99
Publisher Description
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.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Similar to her treatment of letters in The Three Bears ABC (2013), Maccarone blends the story of the Three Little Pigs with a counting lesson, adding in a primer on shapes and several nursery-rhyme references. Pistacchio (a pseudonym for Spanish artists N ria Aparicio and Joan I. Guardiet) illustrates the action in vibrant digital cartoons; the first pig purchases five bundles of straw from a leprechaun, while the second gets sticks from Pinocchio himself (it's unclear whether they've been sourced from the puppet's nose). The multiple educational elements laced into the story compete for attention somewhat, but it's still an entertaining introduction to numeric, geometric, and fairy-tale basics: in one of the funniest sequences, Humpty Dumpty tries to persuade the third pig to build a house from eight bags of leaves, while Puss in Boots offers 10 pails of peanuts. Ages 4 7.
