#1 The Three Pigs by David Weisner

The Three Pigs by David Wiesner was the winner of the Caldecott Medal in 2002. The title of this book is an original and that draws a reader's attention to the book. The illustration on the cover is outstanding and that certainly makes the reader want to know more.

As I started reading this book it began just like I remembered it as a child, then all of a sudden pigs-more realistic ones-started appearing outside the funny-paper panels of the story with the wolf. They start walking on the panels and folding them up into paper airplanes. The pigs then start crash landing into other stories. After visiting several other stories, the pigs and their new friends decide it's time to unfold all of those original story panels and return home.

The Three Pigs is a book you can stand back from and observe as a whole, as a complete work of art. Then you can move in closer and observe the art involved within. This book opened me up to a broader way of looking at art and literature, but I don't think it would do the same in a classroom. I found it very difficult to follow along with the story and I think that elementary students would find it difficult as well.