The Three Billy Goats Buenos
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Publisher Description
Humor abounds in this masterfully-bilingual twist on "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" that dares to ask the question: why is that troll so grumpy anyway?
Three little cabritos have a clever plan to get past the grumpiest troll in the land. But then one of the billy goats wonders: Why is that gigante so grumpy, anyway?
This thoughtful question sends their plan in a new direction, and the results are better than they ever imagined.
Dashes of humor, empathy, and kindness make this modern twist on a classic tale a charming delight.
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Zany charm imbues Elya's deft retelling of "The Three Billy Goats Gruff." Rhymes silly and clever weave in Spanish vocabulary words, sneakily cuing correct pronunciation: "There once were three goats, a brotherly trio/ They needed to crisscross a fast-moving r o.// But under the bridge lived a grumpy gigante/ with tootsies as big as a small elefante." The cabritos, of course, make it by the troll, but Middleton Elya tweaks the plot. As the third goat, Tres, faces the troll, he notices something: "Stuck to her foot was a long, sharp espina./ Ay! That must hurt you a lot, mi vecina!" The goats band together to soothe her, and the delightful story ends in an unexpected friendship. Ord ez's bug-eyed goats and triangle-toothed troll frolic in a sunny landscape of blocky shapes in vibrant hues. A glossary provides English definitions of Spanish-language words. Ages 4 8.
