The Three Pigs by David Wisener

Wiesner, David. (2001). The three pigs. New York: Clarion Books.

The three pigs begin by searching for something to build their homes with. The wolf comes and huffs and puffs and blows down their house, but instead of eating the pigs, the pigs fly off the page and into other stories. The pigs meet the cat and the fiddle, see the cow jump over the moon, dish and spoon and a dragon. When they are ready to go home they use the page they flew off of as a paper airplane to go back and they all live together. Instead of wolf stew, they eat alphabet soup.
This story won the Caldecott Medal in 2002 for the brilliant artwork. The colorful, detailed art is one of my favorite parts of the book. It seems with each re-reading, I notice another detail in the illustrations. The book is good for middle grades and would be great for inspiring students to write their own “fractured fairy tales”. Additionally, it might be fun to have them write the story from the perspective of the wolf to help them learn about point of view.