This is more of a recommendation rather than a review. Eugene Trivizas and Helen Oxenbury(illustrations) have collaborated on a true comedy masterpiece. The book is basically the Three Little Pigs turned on its head with hysterical comic effect. Despite possibly aimed more at putting a smile on adult faces, the topsy-turvy nature of the story, compared to the original, should not be lost on children as young as 4 or 5.

Although the violence of the story is updated, with mentions of dynamite and 'the pig went and fetched his pneumatic drill and smashed the house down', do not let this put your off. There is an unexpectedly happy ending. The Penguin version is actually far more violent with 2 pigs being eaten by the wolf and the wolf himself is boiled to death in a cauldron.

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