Goldie and the Three Bears

Goldie and the Three Bears, by Diane Stanley is a wonderful revised fairytale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Goldie is a little girl who knows what she likes. When she's at a restaurant ordering pasta she is very clear about what she'd like "I want plain pasta with just butter and no green things, please" says Goldie. Goldie's only problem is that she can't seem to find a friend that she can love, Alicia is too snobby and Penny was far too rough. One day, Goldie gets off the bus at the wrong stop, and goes into a house. Inside, she find three sandwiches one is too sweet, one is too bland but one is juuuuust right. She carries on in the classic Goldilocks fashion, only to fall asleep in a perfect bed. In comes the three Bears, and Baby Bear launches herself at the bed. Bouncing happily, they realize they will become the most wonderful friends.

I really enjoyed this revised fairytale, if for nothing else but the wonderful illustrations. The little bear details in the entire story lead up to the big reveal of Goldie's modern day encounter with the Bear family, something that can be really fun to point out to a child while reading this book to them of if they are reading it on their own, something exciting for them to find.

This book would be wonderful to read to a child in preschool-grade 1, a wonderful practice reading book!

I give this book a 4 out of 5!

Stanley, Diane. (2003). Goldie and the three bears. Harper Collins Publisher, NY: New York.

Genre: Fairytale (revised!)