The Three Pigs

The Three Pigs

Infobox Book
name = The Three Pigs


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author = David Wiesner
illustrator = David Wiesner
cover_artist =
country = United States
genre = Children's picture book
publisher = Clarion/Houghton Mifflin
release_date = 2001
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pages =
isbn = (ISBN 978-0618007011)

"The Three Pigs" is a book by David Wiesner. Released by Clarion/Houghton Mifflin, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 2002, Wiesner's second of three honors.American Library Association: [http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/caldecottmedal/caldecottwinners/caldecottmedal.htm Caldecott Medal Winners, 1938 - Present] . URL accessed 27 January 2007.] The plot begins to follow the traditional story of the Three Little Pigs, but soon the three pigs are blown from the pages of the storybook. Wiesner said, on the backflap of the book, that this book was inspired by the pigs at the end of his previous Caldecott book, "Tuesday".

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