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Goldilocks and the Three Bears, written by James Marshall is another classic Fairy tale. It focuses on Goldilocks and her attempts finding things that are just right. This would be a great book for Kindergarten or 1st graders during story time.

blueskygreentreesyellowsun's review

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4.0

I included this as a variation on the classic story because the author portrays Goldilocks as a specifically naughty girl, rather than the thoughtless or overly curious girl that is more typical for the story. The first bit of text says, “Once there was a little girl called Goldilocks. ‘What a sweet child,’ said someone new in town. ‘That’s what you think,’ said a neighbor.” The accompanying illustration shows Goldilocks jumping off a swing and into a pool of water, beside which a group of cats are sleeping; her facial expression shows that she knows the cats are there, and she knows exactly what effect her splash-landing will have on them. Text on the next page has Goldilocks making a promise, and then the sentence “But to tell the truth Goldilocks was one of those naughty little girls who do exactly as they please. All this paints a very unpleasant picture of Goldilocks (which isn’t helped by the subsequent storyline) that is absent from the classic telling of the story.

mjfmjfmjf's review

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3.0

Caldecott Honor Picture book retelling of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. The text is fine and the art is fine and Goldilocks is basically the bad guy and the bears the good guys. But it adds really nothing. It also takes nothing away. It's perfectly okay but not special.