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• 子ぶたちゃん達と、のびやかに自由に羽ばたける絵本！

  あの有名な”３びきのこぶた”がストーリーのベースにあるのですが、この絵本に住んでる３びきのこぶたちゃんは なんと、ストーリーの枠から飛び出して 冒険に出ちゃうんです。紙飛行機にのって（何で作ったかは秘密！）空想の世界に舞うページは 圧巻！バックの白が 限りなく豊かで 美しいページが広がります。おおかみが それぞれの家のドアをノックすると、子ぶたちゃん達のおきまりのセリフ"Not by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin!"など、楽しいリズムは ボデｲ・アクションとともに演出すると、子どもたちはおおはしゃぎ！ 装丁が立派で美しいので 大人にも嬉しい本です。

• 素敵なパロディ

  有名な童話「３匹の子豚」のパロディ的な絵本です。 最初は普通なのに、途中から思いきり脱線してゆく様が楽しい作品。 話はもちろん、絵がすごく奇麗で遊び心もいっぱい。 絵を見ているだけでなんとなくストーリーがわかるので 英語が苦手な方でも楽しめるのではないでしょうか。 小さい子供はもちろん、絵が好きな大人の方にも読んで欲しい絵本です。

• Kindleでは無く本を買いましょう

  とても素敵な絵本です。 kindle版があったのでつい購入しました。失敗でした。 これは実物の本を買うべきです、絶対に。

• not bad

  very colourful. Nice story and beautiful hardcover

• I read the children’s picture book The Three Pigs, written and illustrated by David Wiesner. The Three Pigs won the Caldecott Medal in 2002. The book starts off with the classic three little pigs story that we are all familiar with. This story is different however, as the pigs escape from the hungry wolf by “leaving the story,” and climbing out of their story into a world where all books can be entered. The three pigs then go on an adventure that see’s them recruit a dragon and the Cat with the fiddle to ultimately help defeat the wolf and live happily ever after together. I would classify this book as being of the children’s picture book genre. Going deeper than that, this book could accurately be described as a modern and very creative take on a classic fairytale. The author covers the subject of the story in a very strong manner. The story begins with the classic wolf huffing and puffing to blow down the pigs’ houses. This is the clear beginning. The story then progresses when the three pigs escape from their story and into the “world of books.” They travel through this world of books on a paper airplane made out of a book page. The three pigs then enter two other books, recruiting the Cat and the Fiddle, and a large green dragon to help them combat the hungry wolf. This is seen as the middle of the story and is gearing up to provide a resolution to the problem. The pigs and their new friends return to their home story and defeat the wolf. This is the end of the story and the final solution to the original problem presented to us on the first few pages. I think that David Wiesner tells the story more than satisfactorily. He provides an incredibly creative spin on one of the most well known stories in the world and does it in a flawless manner. The author and illustrator of this book is David Wiesner. He is a 58-year-old children’s book writer and illustrator living in Milwaukee. David has written and illustrated 11 books completely on his own. He has been solely the illustrator for another 17 children’s books. David has won the Caldecott Medal three times. This is an incredibly high number of medals for one author, but it is clear upon reading The Three Pigs why David has been so successful. The illustration in The Three Pigs is some of the best I have ever seen in a children’s book. I downloaded this story off of the iTunes store and then proceeded to read it digitally off my iPad. Upon completion of the story, I actually found a hardcover copy on Amazon and ordered it online. The illustrations are so good that I wanted to see them in their true form. I really have never seen such a creatively illustrated children’s book in my life and it makes for a truly refreshing read. There are four distinct illustration styles seen throughout The Three Pigs. This is what I found really so cool about this book. When the pigs enter the book to find a dragon, the drawing style is entirely different than when the pigs are in their home story. And when the pigs escape from their home story, they become drawn in a very realistic and “high-tech,” for lack of a better word, style. It’s really cool to see Wiesner go between different drawing styles, especially when more than one style appears on the same page. I would honestly recommend this book to anyone. I picked a completely random book off the list of Caldecott Medal winners and I stumbled upon easily the most creative and enjoyable picture books I have ever read. I really feel like this The Three Pigs was meant for the 21st century children. I look at this book and think, “Wow, my six year old cousin Liam would love this” and if that does not deem this work successful, I don’t know what will.

• good bright story, good character, good illustration, quality large printing. My 27-month old son enjoys it. He likes the huffs and puffs, the trotters, the pink nose, the airplane ;-) the dreamy meadow scene and the dragon. It gets interesting, huh? It is about three stories interwoven in the world of stories starting and ending in one of the three stories. May seem confusing but it has devices helping the readers understanding what's going on. Such as different style of illustration, dialogue vs. narration in distinctive formats. I think it only gets complicated when you try to analyse the book. Kids will just get it naturally straight away.

• Foi realmente um achado os livros deste autor-ilustrador, David Wiesner. Até agora todos que li são incríveis, excelente ilustração, narrativa sofisticada. Envio fotos de amostra! Neste, a história dos três porquinhos recebe uma nova roupagem. A história se inicia como de costume, mas não demora a ser modificada, assim que o primeiro porquinho, soprado pelo lobo, escapa para fora do livro, descobre um novo mundo, vive novas aventuras, ao mesmo tempo que consegue assistir as tentativas frustradas do lobo.

• Wiesner è una certezza e questo libro è una vera meraviglia di inventiva sia visiva (i disegni spaziano dalla stilizzazione classica della favola per bimbi al realismo quasi anatomico con cui vengono rappresentati i protagonisti) che nello storytelling, che rielabora una storia classica (che io personalmente non amo) portando letteralmente in volo i protagonisti fuori dai confini angusti della vecchia trama. Ai bambini (5-6 anni) piace molto, per gli adulti è una vera gioia. Un suggerimento: la versione originale costa solo 7 euro (la metà del testo in italiano), se si ha dimestichezza con l'inglese e si vuole proporlo ai bimbi è un affarone

• J'invite tous les lecteurs français à découvrir David Wiesner car il est un dessinateur de génie à l'imagination infinie et beaucoup de fantaisie ! J'en ai acheté plusieurs. Tuesday (Mardi) est également incroyable ainsi que Mr Wuffles. Comme il n'y a pratiquement aucun texte pas de problème de compréhension de langue. On peut l'acheter aussi bien en français qu'en anglais ( il est même moins cher). Il suffit d'installer Google traduction si on ne comprend pas l'anglais. C'est ici le conte des trois petits cochons qui est détourné vers une toute autre histoire à partir du moment où un des frères cochons s'évade ou plutôt tombe de l'illustration (où le loup s'apprête à le dévorer !) dans une sorte d'univers parallèle où vont le rejoindre ses frères. Ils vont vivre parmi les illustrations des livres et choisir d'entrer dans deux autres livres. Ils vont rencontrer un chat puis un dragon superbe. Ils vont sauver la vie de ce dernier puis finalement le ramener chez eux où ils vivront tous ensemble une vie heureuse jusqu'à la fin des temps. Inutile de dire que le loup a été terrorisé par le dragon et n'est jamais revenu. ;) Les trouvailles de chaque page font que les rebondissements de l'histoire sont nombreux. Les maternelles de grande section à qui j'ai présenté " Les trois cochons " ont beaucoup aimé : ils ont ainsi suivi l'histoire avec attention pendant les 45 minutes qu'il nous a fallu pour la commenter, la raconter, répondre à leurs questions... Encore 5 minutes après, un petit garçon disait sérieusement à un autre que" Cela se passe dans un autre univers ". Ils ont adoré, tout comme Tuesday. Ils tous ont aimé de la MS à la GS. Je vous recommande donc à tous la découverte de l'univers de David Wiesner qui a été médaillé plusieurs fois pour ses illustrations fantastiques. Promis, vous ne serez pas déçus !

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