What an adorable cute twist on the story of The Three Little Pigs. Penny stars as the head hog and helps save the day when her brothers, Puck, Pip, and Pierre need her assistance from Wolfgang. This fun book features colorful illustrations, a cute story line, and puns to entertain all ages. The map with various destinations was a nice touch. This book can be used for both literacy and science in a curriculum.

Thank you to the publisher, Kimberly Derting and Shelli R. Johannes, and NetGalley for this advance readers copy in exchange for my honest review.

I love the idea to a sequel to the traditional story of the three little pigs. The illustrations were great, the story was entertaining and funny but the best part is a lead female role that is an engineer that goes off to help her 3 brothers is brilliant for breaking stereotypes of women in STEM subjects.

Penny, the Engineering Tail of the Fourth Pig was ADORED by both my 3 and 7 year old children. When asked what they liked, my 7yo son said "I like seeing that it was a girl in science!" Which, as a science mama filled my heart right up. He also really enjoyed all of the pig references/terminology used. My 3yo daughter said "it was just a great story mama! that girl piggy is SMART!" This is definitely a book I would purchase and recommend to others.

I received my copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

We've all heard of the Three Little Pigs, but it turns out there was a fourth - Penny! Penny becomes an engineer and moves to the big city (New Pork City, of course) to work building things. When her brothers call and let her know two of their houses have been destroyed by the Big Bad Wolf, she goes back to help them. They successfully defeat the Big Bad Wolf again and rebuild an even bigger, structurally sound, house for the three brothers. Penny thens and designs her own house.

So, so cute with beautiful illustrations! Plus tons of pig puns!

I love that this book featured a girl in STEM with Penny, the fourth little pig! From the start, the illustrations were eye-catching, bright, and fun. I also love the puns littered throughout the text (New Pork City, The Statue Of Pigerty😂). I think tying in the three little pig storyline was a great idea and makes it much easier for kids to connect with a familiar text. This is a great read aloud, there are so many activities that can be done along with the story, including the introduction of new vocabulary which is cleverly put at the end in the glossary. Such a great book and excited to share with students!

A new take on the three little pigs. The pictures were cute. I appreciated that the one to save the day and make building plans was female. My kids liked the house she build her brothers. My kids sat and enjoyed the book even through they are a little young for it.

Thank you, Capstone, for the advance reading copy.

Kudos to the team for making this picture book so entertaining and fun!

The story is about a group of pigs who are active in making and building things. Time comes for a more important solution when they are threatened by a big, bad wolf. But no worries as they put their heads together and work for something to put away the wolf. They did build some traps and get successful in keeping the wolf away!

I just love the idea behind this story. It's engaging and entertaining. I love the presentation. The writing and the illustrations are quite apt for the target audience.

Well done, team!

With an eye to getting kids interested in STEM subjects, this features the forgotten-about fourth pig, who is too busy planning a roller-coaster fashioned around a pig's tail to have a house built of straw, wood or bricks that the big bad wolf can or cannot huff and puff and blow down. She uses all three materials to build anti-wolf defences – but straw ropes can be bitten through, and wood is, well, wood. Surely brutish wolf force is still going to be too much? This looked fine, with visual details to match the puns in the script, but it didn't leave me with the feeling it would be re-read much, if at all. That said, only the addition of an adult to get the child thinking further about the built world and the planning of constructions is needed to make this a success. Three and a half stars.

This was an absolute adorable retelling of the three little pigs. I loved the illustrations and the realism. This book shows that even though you may have different ways of working and one might seem better than the other, together they work best.

Thank you NetGalley and Capstone for an advanced copy.

What a great Children’s book! I really enjoyed the story of the 3 little pigs with a twist. I noticed as I was reading that there were some bigger words in the book, so I was pleasantly surprised to see a glossary at the end. I think children will really enjoy this book.

I absolutely LOVED this one!! I grew up devouring every fairy tale I could get my hands on, and the Three Little Pigs was one of my favorites. I'm so obsessed with the idea of a fourth little pig who is a sister who is an engineer! Such a good message for little girls about women belonging in engineering, such a male dominated field, and fits in so wonderfully with the original tale! The illustrations were great, the story was great, I absolutely loved all of it.

An adorable sequel of sorts to the three little pigs. I loved that the fourth pig was a female pig who is also an engineer! The book did a good job of not making her the "smart one" but instead highlighted each pigs strengths. In the end they came together as a group to build the final home. Books like these are fantastic for teaching children and even older teenagers certain necessary literary devices. I usually use several versions of the three little pigs when teaching point of view. This book would be a great addition to a classroom collection to show students how they can reimagine classic stories. The illustrations were also beautiful and vibrant!

This book was absolutely adorable and I adore all of the puns!

The idea of a fourth pig being an engineer was super cute and I loved the attention given to learning what an engineer does on top of telling the story.

How many childrens books come with glossary’s?!

The attention to detail with this one was wonderful and I would definitely gift it!

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

What a totally delightful and encouraging picture book for young children! Taking up where the Three Little Pigs nursery rhyme leaves off, here the family is composed of 4 pigs, and in true inspirational STEM tradition, sister pig, Penny, is an accomplished and talented engineer! When the Big Bad Wolf comes calling, Penny and the others collaborate to stop him, then to improve their own lives as well.