Susan Lowell
Author of The Three Little Javelinas
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Works by Susan Lowell
I Am Lavina Cumming: A Novel of the American West (Historical Fiction for Young Readers) (1993) 96 copies, 1 review
My Hairy Neighbors 1 copy
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- Birthdate
- 1950-10-27
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Chihuahua, Mexico
- Places of residence
- Tucson, Arizona, USA
- Occupations
- children's book author
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Preschool students and beyond will enjoy this funny and clever book that retells the classic story of the Three Little Pigs. The tale takes place in the Southwest and follows the javelinas throughout their journey. The javelinas encounter a coyote (rather than a big bad wolf) that is a trickster and wants to eat the javelinas. Read this story to see who outsmarts who. Does the coyote get to eat the javelinas with red chili sauce?
Not much more explanation is needed than "The Three Little Pigs" recast as javelinas outsmarting a coyote. Well told, well drawn, well done.
Independent reading level: 2nd to 3rd grade
Awards: Spur Story Teller Award, 2001.
Awards: Spur Story Teller Award, 2001.
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- Works
- 23
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 3,999
- Popularity
- #6,311
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 143
- ISBNs
- 72
- Languages
- 2
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Southwestern folktale that takes place in Sonoran desert, where Native Americans, Mexicans and Anglo cultures blend together. Story of “The three little pigs” turned into “The three little javelinas”. Coyote is “bad wolf”.
Includes language of Desert people, desert plants and animals, their pronounciation in parenthesis, and Spanish. Easily translating everything and its meaning.
Story takes place in the Tohono O’Ofham Reservation near Tucson, Arizona in the summer time. Representing their culture by building homes and using their language from their native reality.… (more)