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4.3 AVERAGE
4.3 AVERAGE
Charming, funny, and witty! I loved this; on par with [b: Meet the Dullards|20663050|Meet the Dullards|Sara Pennypacker|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1407111308s/20663050.jpg|39961679], one of my favorite funny picture books EVER. A totally different take on the Goldilocks story made even better because it's with dinosaurs!
Mo Willems' new spin on the classic Goldilocks and the Three Bears does not disappoint! I was so excited to receive my copy in the mail I read it right away, laughing all the way through it! When my 3rd & 4th Grader saw it they begged to have it added to our bedtime reading along with the chapter books in which we are currently engrossed.
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs has the wonderful tongue-in-cheek humor of the Elephant & Piggie books (my favorite of all Willems' work!): when Goldilocks stops to think for a minute the author points out that is longer than she usually takes for either.
In this version Papa, Mama and the visiting Dinosaur from Norway already know the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. They use the fairy tale as a blueprint to set a trap for an unsuspecting, "poorly supervised" little girl, plotting to fill her with chocolate pudding and then eat her. The illustrations of Goldilocks literally diving into the bowls of chocolate pudding delighted my 8-year-old; all the chairs are "too tall" since they are for dinosaurs; and Goldilocks never makes it all the way to the beds. There are two delightfully silly morals to the story--one for Goldilocks and one for the dinosaurs.
I highly recommend Mo Willems' latest great contribution to children's literature for ALL ages. Older readers (including adults) will belly-chuckle at the slightly more ascerbic humor that runs parallel just below the surface of the silliness that younger readers will devour in the same way as Elephant & Piggie, Pigeon and Knuffle Bunny and the more recent Hooray for Amanda and Her Alligator!
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs has the wonderful tongue-in-cheek humor of the Elephant & Piggie books (my favorite of all Willems' work!): when Goldilocks stops to think for a minute the author points out that is longer than she usually takes for either.
In this version Papa, Mama and the visiting Dinosaur from Norway already know the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. They use the fairy tale as a blueprint to set a trap for an unsuspecting, "poorly supervised" little girl, plotting to fill her with chocolate pudding and then eat her. The illustrations of Goldilocks literally diving into the bowls of chocolate pudding delighted my 8-year-old; all the chairs are "too tall" since they are for dinosaurs; and Goldilocks never makes it all the way to the beds. There are two delightfully silly morals to the story--one for Goldilocks and one for the dinosaurs.
I highly recommend Mo Willems' latest great contribution to children's literature for ALL ages. Older readers (including adults) will belly-chuckle at the slightly more ascerbic humor that runs parallel just below the surface of the silliness that younger readers will devour in the same way as Elephant & Piggie, Pigeon and Knuffle Bunny and the more recent Hooray for Amanda and Her Alligator!
This is the only book I can recall my 5 year old describing as scary.
Confused about why I can't give this six stars?
Oh, Mo. Thank you for not talking down to your audience. Thank you for the hidden Easter eggs in your book. And thank you, especially, for the message at the end. 💗
Goldilocks with a Mo Willems twist. Good for older kids.
Loved it! It's definitely for an older audience. But I love a book that both parents and kids can enjoy.
This book was awesome! It was clever and hysterically funny! I would have bought it on sight, but at $18, it's pretty steep for a picture book.