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This book "The Three Horrid Little Pigs" by Liz Pichon (who is very nice) is really funny, it is fractured literature of "The Three Little Pigs". These pigs get kicked out of their house by their own mother, because they are so lazy! In this story the wolf is really nice. The three little pigs are the ones who are absolutley horrid! Each pig tries to make their own house to live in but they are so lazy that they can't even do that right! This is a really cute story to read to kids of any age. Here is a site with the some of the author's other books and info: http://www.lizpichon.co.uk/books/books.htm

"Stone Soup" retold by Heather Forest, is one of my favorite books of all. I remember reading this book when I was little. The story is about two hungry travelers who come upon a village and knock on everyone's door in the village asking for some food, but everyone in the village tells them they don't have any food and closes their door on them. The travelers felt so bad that the villagers did not have food for themselves so they end up making "Stone Soup" for the villagers. The villagers came together and helped the travelers. This is a great story of what can happen when people come together. Here is a link about the author and her books: http://www.storyarts.org/heather.html

"Cinderella Latina, La Cenicienta Latina "  by Bobbi Salinas is another version of the original story "Cinderella" but its not all magical, it is pretty realistic. The illustration is very colorful and well detailed. The name of Cinderella Latina  is Serena. Serena's father meets Serena's stepmother at the "pulga" (flea market).\, she ends up losing her "huarache" (mexican leather sandal) instead of a glass slipper, it is funny. In the end Serena gets her medical degree and her love "Emiliano", he becomes a teacher (yay!) I enjoyed this book because of the realisticness and the Tex-Mex language used throughout the story. This book is bilingual, it is written in both Spanish and in English. I could not find a website for this author.