The Three Little Pigs: An Architectural Tale

If you like the classic folktale story of the Three Little Pigs, you are going to love this Architectural twist by Steven Guarnaccia. It is a great way to introduce students to different architectural styles, as well as to four real life architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright. Not only are their most classic homes featured, but some of their original furnishings as well. I used the book to introduce an architectural unit to my students, and then I had them research the real homes and the architects that designed them. It's a great way to blend literature, mathematics and art too, since then I had them design their own blueprints to scale. They loved it!

actually introduced to it via our local library. My youngest kept wanting to borrow it - we had it out for 4 months before the library said no more! So we bought it.commend Amazon for carrying it - none of our local booksellers could get it (we are in Australia!)the detail and thought put into retelling the story with an architectural angle was first class. A friend of mine who is an architect was jealous.Kudos to the author.

So, you know the plot. Most adults could recite the entire story to their children - or grandchildren - blindfolded.The manner in which the story is told is all the delight.This version is a visual delight. Simply delicious, imaginative illustrations. We bought two copies. One for ourselves, and and one for an adult-aged friend who puts together his own pop up books and has designed many a building over the years.This book will put a smile in your day. No rare thing.

I enjoyed this different version of the story. I enjoyed seeing the different types of houses and what they were made of. The fact that they represented real houses made it more interesting. The pigs looked like real architects. Inside the cover were representative pieces of architecture with credit given to the architect.As an adult, I appreciated the information and enjoyed the humor of the story with the pigs representing real architects. I think this book would be interesting to children and adults.

Arrived on time & in pristine condition.

I saw this book in an architecture magazine when it was only availiable from overseas. I PATIENTLY waited for it to come on Amazon so that I could purchase it in time for my daughter's birthday. I read the book several times now to her and she loves it, as do I. I do like how the author favored Frank Lloyd Wright as I am a fan of his work. I recommend this book to anyone in the architecture industry with children.

K-6 students loved the book! We went further and explored some of the architects and their designs shown in the book.

The architectural Three Little Pigs is a wonderful and cute picture book for children who are interested in architecture. It's also a perfect gift for a treasure of a conservator who actually leaves The Big House in the Woods (the craftsman-style Gamble House in Pasadena) for the East Coast and other architectural adventures!!! :):):)