Story Time - The Three Little Pigs

06/05/21 • 11 min

"The Three Little Pigs" is a fable about three pigs who build three houses of different materials. A Big Bad Wolf blows down the first two pigs' houses, made of straw and leaves respectively, but is unable to destroy the third pig's house, made of bricks. Printed versions date back to the 1840s, but the story itself is thought to be much older.

Amazon and the Book Depository have a variety of retellings of the story, you can pick any of these up at an affordable price to enjoy.

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Amazon and the Book Depository have a variety of retellings of the story, you can pick any of these up at an affordable price to enjoy.

"Our Story Begins" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Story Time - Little Red Riding Hood

"Little Red Riding Hood" is a European fairy tale about a young girl and a Big Bad Wolf. Its origins can be traced back to the 17th century to several European folk tales, including one from Italy called The False Grandmother. The two best known versions were written by Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm.

Amazon has a variety of formats available for the Brother's Grimm version of the story, if you would like a physical book, the Book Depository is another option.

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Story Time - Beauty & the Beast

Beauty and the Beast is a fairy tale written by French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and published in 1740 in The Young American and Marine Tales. Its lengthy version was abridged, rewritten, and published by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont in 1756 in Children's Collection to produce the version most commonly retold and later by Andrew Lang in the Blue Fairy Book of his Fairy Book series in 1889.

Amazon has a variety of formats available, if you would like a physical book, the Book Depository is another option.

"Our Story Begins" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/