The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs

Author: Jon Scieszka
illustrator: Lane Smith
Publisher: Viking Kestrel
Publication Date: 1989
Genre: Fairy tale; Fictional Picture Boo
Grade Level: 3rd Grade
Brief Overview: The Big Bad Wolf tells his side of the classic story The Three Little Pigs and how he only had a bad cold and wanted to borrow some sugar.
Activity Level: 4th Grade
Integrated Activity: Students will use a classic story (i.e. Cinderella; Goldilocks and the Three Bears) and write it from a different point of view, even someone who was not necessarily apart of the original story (i.e. one of the stepsisters or the prince; one of the three bears or Goldilocks's parents).
-Publisher: Shakela Primrose (Valdosta State University ECSE)-

Jabberwocky:

Author (Re-imagined by)/Illustrator: Christopher Myers
Publisher: Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children

Publication Date: 2007
Genre: Fictional Picture Book
Reading Level: 4th Grade
Brief Overview: Christopher Myers takes Lewis Carroll's classic poem Jabberwocky and sets it to the illustration of a young man playing basketball.

Activity Level: 4th Grade

Integrated Activity: Students will take a classic poem (i.e. Edgar Allan Poe's Annabel Lee) and create their own illustrations based off things they experience or like (i.e. them with their favorite doll or a loved pet).

-Publisher: Shakela Primrose (Valdosta State University ECSE)-