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A hilarious retelling of the Three Little Pigs" by Jon Scieszka. You may think you know the story of the "Three Little Pigs" and the "Big Bad Wolf" - but only one person knows the real story. And that person is A. Wolf. His tale starts with a birthday cake for his dear old granny a bad head cold and a bad reputation. The rest (as they say) is history. A hilariously inventive retelling of the popular story which "Publishers Weekly" called the 'Funniest book of the year'. Jon Scieszka began to train as a doctor but left to take a course in fiction writing at Columbia University and to become a teacher. He lives in Brooklyn and spends his time writing and talking about books. Lane Smith an acclaimed author/illustrator has achieved major success in his collaborations with Jon Scieszka. He also
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A hilarious retelling of the Three Little Pigs" by Jon Scieszka. You may think you know the story of the " Three Little Pigs" & the " Big Bad Wolf"
- but only one person knows the real story. & that person is A. Wolf. His tale starts with a birthday cake for his dear old granny a bad head cold & a bad reputation. The rest (as they say) is history. A hilariously inventive retelling of the popular story which " Publishers Weekly" called the ' Funniest book of the year'. Jon Scieszka began to train as a doctor but left to take a course in fiction writing at Columbia University & to become a teacher. He lives in Brooklyn & spends his time writing & talking about books. Lane Smith an acclaimed author/illustrator has achieved major success in his collaborations with Jon Scieszka. He also provided the original concept & illustrations for the hit film " James & the Giant Peach". He lives in New York. Also by Jon Scieszka: " The True Story of the Three Little Pigs"; " The Frog Prince Continued"; " The Stinky Cheese Man & other Fairly Stupid Tales"; " The Book that Jack Wrote"; " Math Curse"; " Squids will be Squids"; " Baloney"; " Science Verse"; " Seen Art?; " Cowboy & Octopus"; " Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland"; " Robot Zot"; " Knights of the Kitchen Table"; " The Not-so-Jolly Roger"; " The Good the Bad & the Goofy"; " Your Mother was a Neanderthal"; "2095"; " Tut Tut"; " Summer Reading is Killing Me"; " It's all Greek to Me"; " See You Later Gladiator"; " Sam Samurai"; " Hey Kid Want to Buy a Bridge?"; " Viking it & Liking it"; " Me oh Maya"; " Da Wild Da Crazy Da Vinci"; & " Marco Polo"."

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Peach - A type of fruit with a skin and soft centre and a stone in the middle
Peach - A yellowy orange colour
New York - A United States State. Commonly known as the Big Apple
Summer - The season between Spring and Autumn. Usually the hottest season of the year
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Cheese - A hard pale yellow food made from curds of milk.
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Year - 365 days (366 days in a leap year), the time taken for planet earth to make one full revolution around the sun.
Head - The upper part of a body typically separated by the neck.

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