The Big Bad Wolf is accused of vandalizing The Three Little Pig's home. He claims innocence and so the police asks him to figure out who really was the criminal or else go to jail. A fourth little pig named Ferkel hooks up with the wolf to help him solve the crimes. The twosome go throughout Fairylandia and question possible suspects like Hansel and Gretel or Goldilocks. Each fairy-tale character is over the top in personality and are definitely not how they were in their original story. Their characters are very questionable! As a good detective team, they do figure out who did the crime and decide that perhaps they should open up a detective agency and continue investigations. Perhaps a set up for future books?
The tone is of this book is humor, slapstick, and more like a detective show. Some of the vocabulary may be difficult and the humor is more on the dark side. I am sure many kids will laugh out loud. I personally hoped it to be more on the positive side and so it isn't my favorite read. I like my mysteries more cozy. I give this book a 3 out of 4. It is good for the 3rd grade readers in division 1 of Maud Hart Lovelace. The reading level is 3.9 (vocabulary), the book is short with 120 pages that includes plenty of drawings.
- Age Range: 7 - 10 years
- Grade Level: 2 - 5
- Lexile Measure: 570 (What's this?)
- Paperback: 128 pages
- Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks (January 27, 2015)
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