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The Three Snow Bears
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Jan Brett
Aloo-ki glances up from fishing and sees her sled dogs floating off on an ice floe. She races after them and comes upon an igloo. Being a curious girl, she goes inside only to find no one home. Thats because the polar bear family who lives there is out walking while their breakfast cools off. Aloo-ki eats some soup, tries on their boots, and finally crawls into the smalle...more
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
September 13th 2007
by Putnam Juvenile
(first published January 1st 2007)
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This is basically a revision of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" but with an Inuit girl and three polar bears. So, cute idea, yes. I really appreciated the Inuit focus as there is a dearth of these cultural influences in books!!! However, some of the pictures were just a bit...um, too oddly realistic-mixed-with-cutesy for me. Like the bears look like real polar bears, a bit scary even, but wear cute sweaters. Also, I'm not sure what the "moral" of the story is as our "...more
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The Three Snow Bears is a collection of folklore intended for primary readers. In this book three snow bears venture off and a young girl names Aloo-Ki enters their igloo. She eats their food, wears their boots, and sleeps in their beds until she finds the ones that are just right. The bears come home and find that someone had been snooping in their igloo. With the bears watching her nap in their bed, Aloo-Ki woke up and ran out of the igloo as fast as she could.
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Very typical Jan Brett with the detailed illustrations with cuddly animals done in watercolor and gouache. Kids will like to spend time looking at the details in the illustrations and following the secondary story in the margin windows. They will also enjoy looking for the differences in story between this and the traditional Goldilocks story. The text is smooth and gets the job done without being showy. The author bio indicates that Brett did significant research in the Nunavut Territory of Can...more
This is a very fun take on the classic story "Goldilocks and the Three Bears." While I liked the story's change of setting, I wasn't keen on the story itself. I mean, if we're looking for a lesson here, we have to dig around to find it. Here's the gist of the story: The polar bears go on a walk while their soup cools down and while they're out they rescue some sled dogs that got trapped on an ice float. Meanwhile, Goldilocks breaks into the bears' house, eats their dinner, tries on the...more
This is basically a rip off of Goldilocks and The Three Bears except with a native Alaskan girl and three polar bears. Alooki, the girl, wanders off (to look for help?) after her sled dogs, huskies, drift off on a patch of ice. She happens upon the home of the three polar bears and, well, you know. Meanwhile, the three polar bears spot the dogs and rescue them, bring them back to their home where they discover, well, you know. Despite my annoyance with the story's lack of originality, I really e...more
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Multiple award winner Brett (whose The Mitten is arguably one of the best-loved kidlit books ever) takes the Goldilocks story and transfers it to the Inuit world in this very cute little book. The story plays out in the main panel on each page, but the real fun comes from looking at the drawings in the margins (well, margins isn't exactly the word; it's about a quarter of the page on either side of the main story), which are a great deal of...more
Multiple award winner Brett (whose The Mitten is arguably one of the best-loved kidlit books ever) takes the Goldilocks story and transfers it to the Inuit world in this very cute little book. The story plays out in the main panel on each page, but the real fun comes from looking at the drawings in the margins (well, margins isn't exactly the word; it's about a quarter of the page on either side of the main story), which are a great deal of...more
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A delightful version of the Goldilocks story in which an Inuit girl happens upon an igloo after her sled dogs drift off on an ice floe. The igloo is home to three polar bears that are out walking to let their breakfast cool.
I enjoyed this twist on an old classic tale! Besides loving Jan Brett, I am also very much interested in indigenous peoples. This story allows younger students to learn about other cultures in a very accessible way through the use of a familiar tale. Older s...more
I enjoyed this twist on an old classic tale! Besides loving Jan Brett, I am also very much interested in indigenous peoples. This story allows younger students to learn about other cultures in a very accessible way through the use of a familiar tale. Older s...more
Jan Brett's illustrations are always so full of beautiful details. This retelling of Goldilocks is no exception. In this tale, Aliki is a native American little girl from Alaska who stumbles into the igloo of the bears while searching for help to rescue her sled dogs, lost on an ice flow. As she tests the soup bowls, tries on the shoes and tests all the beds, finally snuggling into the littlest bed for a nap: just right! The bears, meanwhile, notice and rescue the dogs, and return home to find...more
This beautifully illustrated book, The Three Snow Bears, is a retelling of the fairytale The Three Bears. By placing our heroine in the Arctic, Jan Brett has magically made Goldilocks an Inuit named Aloo-ki. This may be one of Jan Brett's best researched, Jan actually traveled to Iqualiut in Northern Canada, and also may be her best illustrated. It is filled with glorious pictures of frozen life in Alaska. It would be such fun to read the more traditional story with children and then Jan's revis...more
I listened to the version of this story on CD. Narrated by Randye Kaye with music by Bruce Zimmerman. What a delightful version of the Three Bears. Of course the pictures are so intricate and you can look at them over and over and still see more detail. Brett was inspired to write the book after a trip to Iquluit, capital of the Nunavut Territory in northern Canada. The recorded version was fun to listen to. I would use it for younger children, ages 4-8. who were already familiar with the ...more
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A wonderful re-telling of the children's classic, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Jan Brett takes her readers to a beautiful Arctic world where a young Inuit stumbles upon the huge Igloo of three polar bears while looking for her dogsled team. Young Aloo-ki can't resist trying the warm soup, comfy boots and the warm beds of the three bears. The artwork in this story is beautiful! I love the way Jan paid respect to the culture and artwork of the Inuit culture. If you're a fan of Jan Brett's and s...more
This book has absolutely gorgeous illustrations. The story is simple- a retelling of the Goldilocks only she is transformed into a little Inuit girl on an outing with her dogs when she happens upon the three snow bears' home. These bears are kind and helpful, saving the dogs from the water all while the little girl explores their igloo. I highly recommend for 2/3+...it's a great adventurous tale and you could spend an hour just looking at the beautiful drawings.
My girls love the illustrations of Jan Brett, and though this overly done retelling of "The Three Little Bears" was interesting in an Alaskan Setting, even they were the first to mention that the protagonist had made no restitution for getting into other people's things and had actually stolen their boots. Not great repayment to a family who just saved her pack of dogs and her livelihood nor a very good moral either.
This is a marvelously illustrated retelling of the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Brett's version features Alooki, a dark-haired Inuit girl. When she loses her dog team and sled on an ice floe, she comes across the igloo home of the polar bear family--adventures follow as expected. But the new twist and the beautiful drawings make the classic story fresh as the newly fallen snow. Lovely children's story.
Another good book by Jan Brett. This book is just like the three bears and the Goldilocks. The setting and the girl is different. This event takes place in the arctics. The illustrations are calm just like the mitten and the hat. It would be a nice book to read it to the children during winter times. You can also read this book and the three bears and have them compare and contrast the two books. Grade 1-2
Ages: 3-8
A great take on a traditional fairy tale. The setting is orginal, but the plot is a favorite. I loved the illustrations in this book. I especially enjoyed the pictures on the boarder that let the reader know what else was going on in the story. The clothing worn by the characters also shows Inuit designs.
Uses: Prediction, foreshadow, creative writing, art work, Inuit studies.
A great take on a traditional fairy tale. The setting is orginal, but the plot is a favorite. I loved the illustrations in this book. I especially enjoyed the pictures on the boarder that let the reader know what else was going on in the story. The clothing worn by the characters also shows Inuit designs.
Uses: Prediction, foreshadow, creative writing, art work, Inuit studies.
The Ready to Readers enjoyed guessing which classic story inspired the tale. They also enjoyed the pictures- that's the trouble I have with Jan Brett books in storytime, they are so detailed kids are always hopping up to get a closer look. I always try to spend a little extra time after reading to go over the pictures with kids who are interested.
A retelling of the story Goldilocks and the Three Bears and I loved it! I like the fact that it is the story of an Inuit girl who happens upon the igloo of the three bears. As always with Brett books, the reader needs to pay attention to the "story" taking place on the side margins of the pages. My kindergarten students really enjoyed this story.
I really like Jan Brett's art. It's detailed, and usually involves intricate framing devices that tell parallel stories, as is the case here. I'm not such a fan of her writing, though. Combined with one of my least favorite fairy tales -- Goldilocks as an Inuit girl named Alooki -- this was one to look at but not one I enjoyed reading so much.
I love this book! The illustrations are so rich, my students and I spent a second and a third time reading and still found something new in the pictures. Great retelling of a classic tale.
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Maybe 2.5 stars, just cuz it's fun and the drawings of the costumes are pretty. Bears and foxes and ravens in parkas and boots, really? And Aloo-ki is even naughtier than Goldilocks, abandoning her dogs to satisfy her idle curiosity! And I still don't understand how porridge can be three different temperatures.
Aloo-ki and the three bears are in the arctic. When the bears wake her from her slumber, she rushes out to her huskies and thanks the bears. The bears in turn say “bye-bye.”
The artwork is detailed. It’s nice to have another version to partner with Goldilocks in the Three bears from a much different setting.
The artwork is detailed. It’s nice to have another version to partner with Goldilocks in the Three bears from a much different setting.
The story of this book originally comes from the story of “"Goldilocks and the Three Bears". However, this story took place in the Arctic north. The character of this book is an Inuit girl and three polar bears. This book will be a cute and fun book to read to the younger grade students.
This is a story that is similar to the three little bears and goldilocks. Instead of sleeping in their beds, eating the food, and breaking the chairs. She tries on the snow hats, tries on their boots, and sleeps under the furs. Cute book for Preschool or kindergarten.
Standard Jan Brett re-telling of a classic - Goldilocks and the Three Bears. It is, of course, adapted to represent Inuit culture and as such does a nice job of transcending the culture. It is not a bad read and it is of course very easy on the eyes. It just isn't very special.
I really liked this rendition of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. It was fun to see the bears in an arctic setting. This would be a fun book to do a dramatic play to. I think students would enjoy comparing a contrasting the elements of this story with those of the original.
I love everything Jan Brett does. This is another of her fantastic books. The story line is old (Goldilocks), but the art is so clean and expressive and intriguing, a person could spend a long time with each page. It is just a happifying experience!
Great book for students to compare and contrast to classic Goldilocks. Also the story is a fun way to cross content into life science study; Always opens a discussion about polar bears and how their bodies allow them to adapt to their arctic habitat.
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