Nosy Crow, an imprint of Candlewick Press Recommended for: Ages 5 and up (way up, all the way up to age 12 as long as they are very familiar with the original story) This is a book younger kids will want to hear and look at again and again and older kids will get a kick out of reading both words and pictures.Īdditional Resources: Adults and kids interested in how the author and illustrator worked together to create the book will particularly enjoy the video about the making of The Goldilocks Variations. She has collaborated on several books with her father and illustrated Yucky Worms by Vivian French, several Parrot Park books by Mary Murphy and Toon Tellegen's series of animal stories. The illustrator of The Goldilocks Variations, Jessica Ahlberg, is his daughter. After his wife's death, Ahlberg continued to write children's books that were illustrated by various artists. Their books included The Jolly Postman and Burglar Bill. Adding to the fun are some words that are popular in England where the author lives but may be new to your child, like "cheeky" and "buns."Īuthor and Illustrator: British author Allan Ahlberg has written, a great many children's books, many of the earlier ones in collaboration with his wife, Janet, who died in 1994. Alone? finds Goldilocks at home alone with her family until bedtime when she's joined by some of the characters in the previous stories. Everybody, in which the bears' house fills up as Goldilocks is joined by characters from other tales, including three little pigs, a grandma, a girl in a red cloak with a hood, a witch disguised as a poor old woman, seven dwarfs and more. In the middle of the book is a delightful small book titled Puss in Boots Productions Presents Goldilocks The Play, which includes the script, stage directions, the audience's responses, lots of illustrations and a little pop-up of the bears' house in Act 3. The next tale is told from the point of view of the furniture and other generally inanimate objects. The first tale is the traditional tale, the second tale includes 33 bears, and the third tale involves not the bears' cottage in the woods but the three bliims' spaceship in the woods and lots of fun made-up words. This very entertaining book has so many clever, but small, details in the pen and watercolor illustrations that it's a good book to share one to one with a child rather than with a group. There is even a little book within the book as well as some pop-ups and other surprises throughout the book. That's not all you'll find in this amusing collection of fairy tales with a twist. Summary: The subtitle, rather than the title, fills the cover with the words Goldilocks and the Three Bears and the 33 Bears and the Bliim and the Furniture and Lots More Variations. We also recommend the book for ages 9 to 12 because we think kids that age will "get" all of the sly humor, delight in the dinosaurs' wicked plans and possibly be inspired to create their own fractured fairytales.Īdditional Resources: Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs Activities from HarperCollins Recommended for: Ages 4 to 8, as both a read-aloud for younger children and a read alone for independent readers. Other favorites include: I Broke My Trunk, a 2012 Geisel Honor Book, Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed and His Elephant and Piggie book Waiting Is Not Easy was named a Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Honor Book in 2015. Older kids will relish all of Willems' insinuations and their implications.Īuthor and Illustrator: Mo Willems is the award-winning author and illustrator of numerous children's books, including his Elephant and Piggie beginning reader books. While younger children may not pick up on all of the dinosaurs' conniving, if they are familiar with the traditional tale, they will find the substitution of the dinosaurs for the three bears to be satisfying and funny enough. Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs is a very funny story. Will Goldilocks escape from the dinosaurs' house in time? Is there a moral of the story? Yes, there are two: one for Goldilocks and one for the dinosaurs. Summary: What happens when Goldilocks barges into the wrong house and Goldilocks and the Three Bears becomes Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs? What are the dinosaurs up to anyway? Why did they leave the house right after making three big bowls of chocolate pudding? Is it true the dinosaurs favorite treats are "DELICIOUS CHOCOLATE-FILLED-LITTLE-GIRL-BONBONS"?
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