Children will note almost immediately that this version deviates wildly from the original as it is made clear that the dinosaur characters are not the innocent bears of the fairytale. The plot and setting remain familiar enough with three dinosaurs, three bowls of food, three chairs, three beds, a house, and a little girl in the woods, but this is where the similarities end. This snarky, humorous retelling of the classic fairytale offers a different take on the characters. Goldilocks makes her way to their house and is in for some big surprises.

Mo Willems retells the classic Goldilocks and the Three Bears, but this time the bears are dinosaurs and they are not so innocent! Mama Dinosaur, Papa Dinosaur, and a dinosaur that is visiting from Norway make their beds, set out their chairs, cook “three bowls of delicious chocolate pudding at varying temperatures” and head out to Someplace Else. Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs. New York: HarperCollins, 2012. We enjoyed reading this book together, and our girls loved the endpages with the listing of different titles, like 'Goldilocks and the Three Squirrels,' 'Goldilocks and the Three Clams,' 'Goldilocks and the Three Red Herring,' 'Goldilocks and the Three Major Networks,' and 'Goldilocks and the Three Foot-Long Hoagies.' It kept us laughing for quite a long time.BIBLIOGRAPHY Willems, Mo. The narrative is silly, but entertaining and the illustrations are colorful and cartoonish. We love this snarky version of the classic Goldilocks And The Three Bears story. His books are so humorous, and the illustrations are so clever and fun. My very favorite page was the second to last page, and I might just add it to my quotes: [ “If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave.”' The front and back inside covers are full of wonderfully amusing alternate titles. The reader/listener is in on all the jokes, more so than anyone else. Delightful and so entertaining, and I was a bit deliciously scared, or would have been when younger. So to check if we have the book in-stock before you place your order, contact us at 6702 2452 or drop us an email at Level: 5+ *Despite our best efforts to predict the demand for books, the magical spells we use sometimes fail us. This new take on a fairy-tale classic is so funny and so original-it could only come from the brilliant mind of Mo Willems. They were definitely NOT setting a trap for some succulent, unsupervised little girl.

And then- for no particular reason -they decided to go.someplace else. One day- for no particular reason -they decided to tidy up their house, make the beds, and prepare pudding of varying temperatures. and a Dinosaur who happened to be visiting from Norway.

Once upon a time, there were three hungry Dinosaurs: Papa Dinosaur, Mama Dinosaur.

Goldilocks and the three dinosaurs book