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"As the creative genius behind the 2003 Caldecott honor book The spider and the Fly, Tony DiTerlizzi has proven himself the master of zany quality illustration".

The grey lady and the strawberry snatcher

The grey lad y and the Strawberry Snatcher by Molly Bang was the first real book  she wrote, First published in 1980  she wanted to be a children's book illustrator. she made some illustrations for the Norwegian tale of peer Gynt and for many more stories and situations. Nobody wanted to publish The Grey Lady and the Strawberry snatcher for several year Bang would take it to New York once a year or show it to editors who often seem very enthusiastic but yet couldn't print her book.

Many Moons

Slobodkin wrote the book Many Moons which is a children's picture book. he was born on February 19, 1903, in Albany, New York. He worked as an elevator operator he had an obsession which lead him to deliberately get his elevator "stuck" between floors so he could read his books. This book is about a sick princess who desires the moon. The princess is more heartbroken than physically ill. Her father, the king, is furious when the wizards, the Lord High Chamberlain, and the court mathematician are not able to get the moon. In the end, it is the jester who realizes that the princess thinks the moon is only as big as her thumbnail and it is made of gold.

The Good Luck Horse

The Good -Luck Horse is a Chinese Legend by Chih-Yi Chan a 1944 Caldecott Honor book. The Main character of this book is a young boy who goes by the name Wah-Toong. the young boy Toong wants a horse so he decided to cut one out of paper using his imagination of the exact horse he wants. The paper he cuts ends up flying over the wall to a near by magician who makes the horse come to life and end up growing. The good luck horse gets into trouble and they end up naming him the bad luck horse even though the horse is able to distinguish what's right from wrong. within time the horse is able to avert a war and end up retrieving his original  name the Good Luck Horse Forever.

Description:
The story The three pigs written by, David Wiesner a Caldecott Medal winning picture book is told from the point of view of the three pigs.(a first person narrative) This particular tale starts out normal like the traditional three little pigs tale but then it surprises you by the creativity of the three little pigs imagination. It alter the usual rather boring and predictable story that every one seems to know and loves. But yet all of a sudden the pigs begging to travel throughout different setting and  various storylines in this particular version, the reader follows the three pigs on a adventure of their own.

Plot:
This tale starts like the original traditional folk tale by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps. with the three little pig who decide to build a house. To of the pigs are extremely lazy and love to play the third pig is extremely responsible and a handworker he tried to advised the other two pigs to built a good house incase a wolf comes. The first pig is the laziest who decided it was a great idea to built a house out of straws to continue to play, The second pig, who is not as lazy but slightly more responsible made a house out of sticks due to the fact it was easier and faster so he can continue to play. Therefore, the third pig took the longiest to finish his house who he happens to be much more responsible and hard working he made his house out of bricks. So when the wolf tries to approach the first house and blows it down he ended up blowing the pig right out the story when he intended to do the same with the other pigs he keep blowing them out the story and flying them into other storybooks. It set them off to different story frame adventures throughout the book.

References:
http://www.amazon.com/Three-Pigs-David-Wiesner/dp/0618007016 http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecotthonors/2002caldecott