![]() ![]() Even older kids would benefit from making comparisons to the swinier version. First, the fact that it’s a retelling of the Three Little Pigs makes it a great way to discuss how the same story can be told in different ways. This is a great book to share with your kids for so many reasons. Summary and activities to do with the kids: Genre: Picture Book, Fairy Tale Retelling And the activity I’m going to share with you below was not my idea at all. This re-writing of the three little pigs, with three little robots and a robot recycler named Wolfgang, is a great book with awesomely gorgeous illustrations. He was excited to show it to his dad, and even more excited to say “and now is the scary part!” (It’s not actually that scary, unless you have a thing about machines being taken apart. This anxiety is increased when the machines have eyes and ears and are friendly characters in a book.) His anxiety about the book translated to an obsession with it and he read it over and over until he loved it. (He does NOT like reading about machines that break. I was too, even after we read it once, twice, a hundred times.Īnd even after we discussed the implications THOROUGHLY of what it means to be a robot and be taken apart. Recently while at the library to pick up a few hold items for myself, I gave my three-year-old about 30 seconds to pick up a couple of picture books (I know, top-notch mothering right there), and he was really excited to pick out Watch Out for Wolfgang. ![]()
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