Author/Illustrator: James Marshall
Genre: Traditional Literature
Awards: Caldecott Medal
Grade Level: PK-2nd Grade
Goldilocks has been sent out to play and she wanders into the forest to find a house. She has ignored the beware of bears signs that were posted along the way. She goes into the bears home while they are out for a bike ride. She eats their food, sits in their chairs and makes her way up to their beds where she lays in all of them until she decides to take a nap in the baby bears bed. The bears come home to see that their meals have been eaten, their chairs have been sat in and their beds have been slept in and baby bear finds goldilocks still in his bed! goldilocks is woken and runs for her life. She will not be back!
The illustrations are unique and colorful. Marshall uses interesting shapes for the setting and even characters.
This story can be compared to more modern tellings of the classic story. Teachers can also use this book as an introduction to the five senses.
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