Jan Brett has done a wonderful job with this African version of The Three Little Pigs.  The vibrant and detailed illustrations bring the story alive and include Ms. Brett’s characteristic inset illustrations which peek the reader into other settings of the story.  In this story, three dassie sisters come to the foot of the mountains in the Namib Desert.  Upon arrival, they are greeted by Agama Man, a wise lizard, who warns them of the eagle family.  The sisters build their respective homes and are whisked one by one to the eagle nest to be supper for the eaglets.  Fortunately, Agama Man saves the day by rescuing the dassies and leading them to safety in a stone house.  When the eagle tries to enter the stone house through the chimney, her feathers are scorched, blackening her all over.  The last page of the story explains that the dassies still live in the Namib Desert, nested in stone houses with an agama lizard keeping watch for the black eagles who hunt the dassies to this day.  I highly recommend this book and plan to read it aloud for elementary story time.