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K-3
Illustrated by
Mindy Dwyer.
The three little pigs are homesteading in Alaska, where the first two pigs quickly create slapdash shelters and the clever third pig constructs an igloo, which saves them all when a hungry grizzly comes knocking. Zany illustrations of three outdoorsy pigs accompanied by folksy borders place this heavy-hoofed retelling solidly in the North Country.