about the book
After taking a beating from the Three Pigs and their ninja skills, the big bad Wolf can’t catch a break. Now that the pigs have taught other fairy tale characters the ways of the ninja, it is even worse! It is no longer enough to huff and puff and scare up a decent meal.
Wolf has to do something. He decides to take some classes at the dojo, too! Now Wolf has a few new moves up his sleeve, and he is so ready to go get some food. Perhaps a little girl in a red hood, and her grandmother, will be easy targets?
What Wolf doesn’t know is that Little Red Riding Hood has gone to the Three Pigs’s ninja school, too. Everything is shaping up for a wild sparring match in the woods between Red and Wolf!
about the author
Ever since she got her first picture book, Hop! Plop!, published, Corey Schwartz has longed to make a rewrite of some fairy tale.
Then one day she overheard someone having a conversation with her three-year-old son. He was asked if he spoke Spanish. His reply was, “No, but I speak a little karate.” And BOOM! There was the idea—she would put karate into the story of The Three Little Pigs.
While she has no ninja skills, Corey is rather good at Scrabble. Corey lives in Warren, New Jersey, with three “Knuckleheads”—her husband, daughter, and son.
Sources:
Author website
Author interview : Mr. Schu Reads
Also by Corey Rosen Schwartz:
What About Moose? Atheneum Books for Yong Readers. June 2015.
Goldi Rocks and the Three Bears. Putnam Publishing. 2014.
Three Ninja Pigs. Putman Publishing. 2012.
Hop! Plop! Walker & Company. 2006.
about the illustrator
Dan Santat was born in Brooklyn, New York, but grew up in California. He graduated with a bachelor’s in microbiology from the University of California San Diego. Surprisingly, he turned right around and went back to school, this time to study illustration, and graduated with honors from the Art Center, College of Design.
Dan’s first work was as a texture artist, 3D modeler, and designer creating concept art for video games. Now he works as a freelance illustrator with a long list of clients. He is a book illustrator and published author and created the TV animated series, “The Replacements.”
Dan lives in the Los Angeles area with his wife, two children, a rabbit, a bird, and a cat. In his spare time, Dan likes to listen to music, watch movies, and play ice hockey.
Sources:
Illustrator website
Illustrator interview : Mr. Colby Sharp
Illustrator biography: Scholastic
Also illustrated by Dan Santat:
The Adventures of Beekle, The Unimaginary Friend. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. 2014.
Carnivores by Aaron Reynoods. Chronicle Books. 2013.
Crankenstein by Samantha Berger. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. 2013.
Picture Day Perfection by Deborah Diesen. Abrams Books for Young Readers. 2013.
Dog in Charge by K.L. Going. Dial. 2012.
Kel Gilligan’s Daredevil Stunt Show by Michael Buckley. Abrams Books for Young Readers. 2012.
Fire! Fuego! Brave Bomberos by Susan Middleton Elya. Bloomsbury USA Children’s. 2012.
Tom’s Tweet by Jill Esbaum. Knopf Books for Young Readers. 2011.
Oh No! : Or How My Science Project Destroyed the World by Mac Barnett. Hyperion Press. 2010.
Chicken Dance by Tammi Sauer. Sterling Publishing. 2009.
The Ghosts of Luckless Gulch by Anne Isaacs. Atheneum Books for Young Readers. 2008.
The Secret Life of Walter Kitty by Barbara Jean Hicks. Alfred A. Knopf. 2007.
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