Too Many Pigs and One Big Bad Wolf

By Davide Cali, Marianna Balducci (Illustrator)

A wolf wants a quick meal, but the reader demands a longer tale.

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36 pages

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Bookroo's summary

In a playful twist on The Three Little Pigs, an unseen reader challenges a wolf eager for a quick meal. As the wolf tries to end the story swiftly, the reader insists on more, leading to fantastical tales of pig soccer teams and alphabet adventures. Each story grows in imagination but ends the same way, leaving the wolf frustrated and the reader amused. Will the wolf ever get his way, or will the reader's creativity prevail? Dive into this counting book where storytelling and humor collide in unexpected ways.

From the publisher

An unseen reader goes head-to-head with the big bad wolf in this hilarious counting-book twist on The Three Little Pigs. Once upon a time, there were three little pigs.Then the wolf ate them.THE END. This story is too short! I want a longer one! In this clever counting book, the big bad wolf doesn’t want to tell a long story. He wants to get to the eating part. But the reader has other ideas. From a pig soccer team to a pig for every letter of the alphabet to 101 pigs in an animated movie, the stories get more and more fantastical . . . but they’re always too short and they ALL end the same way. Using an abacus as the basis for her illustrations, Marianna creates beguiling little pigs and a menacing but slightly bored wolf that perfectly complement the inventive story by Davide Cali. Come for the counting, stay for the storytelling! This book has it all.

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