The Three Little Pigs - Recommended Books and Websites

Books for Children

Books for Teachers

Records, Tapes, and CD's



Books for Children

  • Amery, H. (2003) Three Little Pigs
  • dePaola, T. (2004) Tomie’s Three Bears and Other Tales...
  • Escardo i Bas, M. (2006) The Three Little Pigs/Los Tres Cerditos
  • Galdone, P. (1984) The Three Little Pigs
  • Kliros, T. (2003) The Three Little Pigs*
  • Mantovani, M. (2005) The Three Little Pigs*
  • Marshall, J. (2000) The Three Little Pigs
  • Ruis, M. (2006) The Three Little Pigs/Los Tres Cerditos
  • Seibert, P. (2001) The Three Little Pigs
  • Zemach, M. (1988) The Three Little Pigs: An Old Story
  • Ziefert, H. (1995) The Three Little Pigs


    Versions that play with the settings or characters

  • Artrell, M. (2006) Three Little Cajun Pigs
  • Brett, J. (2010) Three Little Dassies
  • Davis, D. (2004) The Pig Who Went Home on Sunday
  • Guarnaccia, S. (2010) Three Little Pigs: An Architectural Tale
  • Grace, W. (2009) Three Little Fish and the Big Bad Shark
  • Ketteman, H. (2009) The Three Little Gators
  • Kimmel, E. (2009) Three Little Tamales
  • Laird, D. (1981) The Three Little Hawaiian Pigs and the Magic Shark*
  • Laverde, A. (2002) Alaska’s Three Pigs
  • Lowell, S. (1992) The Three Little Javelinas
  • Meddaugh, S. (1995) Hog–eye*
  • Pichon, L. (2010) The Three Horrid Little Pigs
  • Rubin, V. (2007) The Three Swinging Pigs
  • Sciezka, J. (1989) The True Story of the Three Pigs: As Told by A. Wolf
  • Trivizas, E. (1993) The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig


    Versions that reference the traditional story

  • Ada, A. (2001) Yours Truly, Goldilocks
  • Ada, A. (1997) Dear Peter Rabbit
  • Fearnley, J. (2001) Mr. Wolf and the Three Bears
  • Ward, N. (2001) A Wolf at the Door


    Plays with representation: graphics, wording

  • Kellog, S. (1997) The Three Little Pigs
  • Moser, B. (2001) The Three Little Pigs*
  • Vozar, D. (1993) Yo, Hungry Wolf*
  • Walton, R. (1997) Pig, Pigger, Piggest


    Real portrayals of wolves

  • George, J. (1997) Look to the North: A Wolf Pup Diary
  • Howker, J. (1997) Walk with a Wolf


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Books for Teachers

  • Beckman, Carol, Simmons, Roberta, and Thomas, Nancy. Channels to Children
  • Cherry, Clare. Creative Art for the Developing Child
  • Copley, Juanita V. The Young Child and Mathematics
  • Felteiner, Sarah and Suid, Annalisa. Preschool Connections
  • Illinois State Board of Education. Illinois Early Learning Standards 2000
  • Jones, Elizabeth and Nimmo, John. Emergent Curriculum
  • Kranwinkel, Sonya. Spanish Piggy Back Songs: Easy Songs with Spanish Phrases
  • Massam, Joanne and Kulik, Anne. And What Else?
  • Neuman, Susan B., Copple, Carol, and Bredekamp, Sue. Learning to Read and Write, Developmentally Appropriate Practices for Young Children
  • Polonsky, Lydia, Freedman, Dorothy, Lesher, Susan, and Morrison, Kate. Math for the Very Young: A Handbook of Activities for Parents and Teachers
  • Ports, Dotte. Leaping into Whole Language: Fifty Nifty Ways to Make a Book
  • Slaby, Ronald, Roddell, Wendy C., Arezzo, Diana, and Hendrix, Kate. Early Violence Prevention: Tools for Teachers of Young Children
  • Wilkes, Angela. The Children's Step-by-Step Cook Book


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Records, Tapes, and Cd's

  • Bernstein Favorite Children's Classics. "Peter and the Wolf." Sony Classical SFK 46712, 1991.
  • Classic Disney Vol. 2: 60 Years of Musical Magic. "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf", 1995.
  • English Chamber Orchestra. "Heigh Ho Mozart", 1995.
  • Palmer, Hap. "Won't You Be My Friend?"


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