Goldilocks, Go Home!
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
Prepare to laugh out loud at the antics of Goldilocks and The Three Bears in this illustrated chapter book for lovers of snarky humor and fractured fairy tales.
"So I ate some porridge and broke a chair--get over it!" Goldilocks snipes at Bobby Bear, as Baby Bear is now calling himself. Tensions are high at the Three Bears cottage where Goldilocks--an overdramatic tween who has deluded herself into believing she's a princess--is stranded until the Big Bad Wolf vacates the area.
A hungry troll, three pigs with a home improvement show on HoGTV, and of course the Big Bad Wolf all figure into the story in this hilarious mash-up of folk and fairy tales from around the world.
In chapters full of quirky and clever drawings, Bobby and Goldilocks alternate narrating the story of their hair-raising adventures. Goldilocks aka "Furless" and Bobby are constantly at one another's throats and can't stop interrupting each other. But despite their mutual animosity, a kind of affection develops between Bobby and Goldilocks, and they become something like friends. As Bobby explains, "I mean, annoying as she was, I didn't want her to end up wolf kibble." Over 80 illustrations are included.
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In this highly entertaining send-up of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" by Freeman (Effie Starr Zook Has One More Question), an independent Goldilocks, who has left home after a fight with a "peasant woman" (her mom), is invited by the bear family to stick around until the new moon, when it's safe to walk in the woods. (That's when the wolf stays home eating Chinese food instead of little girls.) Goldilocks has a mission: she's decided that she's a princess who must reunite with real parents in a castle deep in the forest, and despite dire warnings from the bears, she's determined to find them. "Bobby" Bear (he's not going by "Baby" in front of Goldilocks) is not happy about the family's human houseguest, so when the new moon arrives, he offers to accompany Goldilocks in order to get rid of her. Chapter narration switches between Goldilocks and Bobby, with each butting into the other's chapter via debut illustrator Sevilla's lively cartoons and amusing commentary. Clever references to other fairy tales and modern twists, as when Goldilocks inspires Mama Bear to get Papa and Bobby to do more housework, further enhance this delightful romp. Ages 7 10.
