Joy Cowley

Presents a retelling of the tale about the three little pigs, each with a distinctive personality, who build houses of straw, sticks, and bricks, and the big, bad wolf who tries to blow their houses down and eat them.

Two abandoned children come upon a gingerbread house inhabited by a cruel witch who wants to eat them.

Little Red Riding Hood sets off through the woods to her sick grandmother's house with a basket of food. On the way, she forgets her mother's instructions not to wander off the path and when she finally arrives at grandmother's house something is not quite right. Fortunately, an observant hunter passing by discovers their dilemma and sets things right.

"Clever collage illustrations bring to life this tale of four animals that are down on their luck. Hoping to make a better life as musicians in the town of Bremen, the quartet instead outwits a band of thieves and retires to the country for a happily ever after."--Publisher's description.