Copyright Date:
2022
Edition Date:
2022
Release Date:
09/06/22
Pages:
1 volume
ISBN:
1-338-68221-0
ISBN 13:
978-1-338-68221-2
Dewey:
E
LCCN:
2022006890
Dimensions:
25 cm.
Language:
English
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews
Why have fairy tales lasted so long? Maybe it's because they change with every teller.It takes surprisingly little effort to turn the Three Little Pigs into superheroes. The Big Bad Wolf basically started out as a supervillain, with the ability to blow a house down, and the pigs had to perform spectacular feats to outwit him. In this picture book, the wolf, locked in the Happily Never After tower, devises a plot to escape. Using rotten eggs and spicy ginger, he creates the Gingerbread Man, who makes his way to a baking contest where the three pigs and other fairy-tale characters are competing to win the key to the city. The Gingerbread Man grabs the key, and not even superhero pigs are fast enough to catch him, but with their secret weapon-mustard (which one of the pigs also uses to bake cookies)-they save the day. The morals: Evil never triumphs, and mustard cookies are delicious. The book's charm is in the details. There are splotches of mustard on the cookies featured on the endpapers, and a sly-looking mouse is hiding on many of the pages. The story even manages to include more than a dozen fairy-tale figures without seeming frenzied. Evans' use of shading is so skillful that it almost seems possible to reach out and touch the characters. Most of the human characters are light-skinned. (This book was reviewed digitally.)Superheroes, and readers, will live happily-ever-after. (Picture book. 3-5)
Join the Three Little Superpigs on another adventure in Fairyland!
It's time for Fairyland's annual bake-off! All three of the Superpigs are competing for a chance to win a magical key that can open any door in the city. Little do they know, the Big Bad Wolf also has a plan to win the key, one that involves his own confectionary creation -- the Gingerbread Man!
When the Gingerbread Man sneaks into the bake-off and steals the key, it's up to the Three Little Superpigs to chase after him and save the day!
The hilarious story reimagines the story of the Gingerbread Man and continues the exciting Fairyland adventures of the Three Little Superpigs!