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Deep in the Forest
Deep in the forest is a log cabin. And in the cabin lives a father, a mother, and a little girl.
32 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1976
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May 23, 2017
Dreary palette. "Baby" looks like a spoiled brat, whereas one would think she'd be more likely to be excited speechless. Cub and his actions are adorable, though... and in this case the intruder is not naughty, but just doing what comes naturally to a bear.
August 14, 2025
We have read this four times in a row now. Yes, four times, one reading right after the other; no breaks! And the kids are still highly entertained. Ha, ha!
What an enjoyable and clever twist on the Goldilocks story; or maybe it’s not so much a twist as it’s the bear’s payback.
This is a wordless book but that’s ok. The illustrations are incredibly quaint and charming and tell the story wonderfully! And kids enjoy all the ad lib and sounds you want to add.
Be sure to add this to your books to peruse with the littles!
Ages: 2 - 5
Content Considerations: nothing to note.
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What an enjoyable and clever twist on the Goldilocks story; or maybe it’s not so much a twist as it’s the bear’s payback.
This is a wordless book but that’s ok. The illustrations are incredibly quaint and charming and tell the story wonderfully! And kids enjoy all the ad lib and sounds you want to add.
Be sure to add this to your books to peruse with the littles!
Ages: 2 - 5
Content Considerations: nothing to note.
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September 7, 2016
By switching the roles of the bears and the people in Goldilocks, Turkle has created a more realistic tale. The bear can act like a bear instead of living like a human. And the family of three (including a young Goldilocks) finds someone has been making mischief in their little log cabin while they were gone.
The kids like to 'read pictures' so we'll have fun with this little book.
Note: I don't see this as a replacement for the original Goldilocks and the Three Bears; I plan to read both stories to the kids.
The kids like to 'read pictures' so we'll have fun with this little book.
Note: I don't see this as a replacement for the original Goldilocks and the Three Bears; I plan to read both stories to the kids.
March 27, 2009
An interesting twist on the Goldilocks tale, told completely through black and white drawings. Interestingly, my sympathies lie with the bears in both versions.
September 3, 2025
I’m usually not a fan of wordless picture books, but the illustrations and twist to Goldilocks and the Three Bears was adorable.
November 3, 2017
“Deep in the Forest” by Brinton Turkle; published by Houghton Mifflin Company; Boston, MA; copyright 1989
1. Awards the book has received: There were no awards received.
2. Appropriate grade level(s): This book is appropriate for children from Pre-Kindergarten to First grade.
3. Summary: This story is like the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. The only difference is that the bear cub is the one entering a human family’s home and trying out all of their belongings. When the bear first comes in he sees that no one is home. He goes into the kitchen and sees three bowls of porridge, one for the papa, one for the mama and one for the baby. He tried them all but they were too warm and too cold but the baby’s porridge was just right. The same goes for the three chairs he found in the house. Then he finds the bedroom and tries out the three beds. The first was too hard, the next was too soft and the last was just right. When the family finally come home, they see that someone has been in their house and has eaten their porridge, sat and broken their chairs and messed up their beds. The then find the bear in one of the beds. They are not happy so they shoo the bear away into the woods where he was reunited with his own family.
4. Review: I really enjoyed this story because it was a slight twist on a well-known fairytale. The illustrations were very nicely done and created an overall wooded feel for the story to take place in. It also set a scene for a more historic time period. I liked this story because it could be told exactly like the original fairytale but also had different places where you could read and interpret it as your own based on what was drawn in the illustrations.
5. Uses in the classroom:
• Read Goldilocks and the Three Bears as a read-aloud or have them read it individually after reading this book, so they have a better understanding of what they are reading.
• Create a class Venn diagram comparing the similarities and differenced between this story and the original fairytale.
• Have the students create their own take of the fairytale.
• Have the students recreate the story during play time.
• Have the students discuss with a partner what they may find in a modern day house that could be just right and on the two opposite extremes.
• Have students redraw their favorite scene and write the word that could be in the story.
1. Awards the book has received: There were no awards received.
2. Appropriate grade level(s): This book is appropriate for children from Pre-Kindergarten to First grade.
3. Summary: This story is like the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. The only difference is that the bear cub is the one entering a human family’s home and trying out all of their belongings. When the bear first comes in he sees that no one is home. He goes into the kitchen and sees three bowls of porridge, one for the papa, one for the mama and one for the baby. He tried them all but they were too warm and too cold but the baby’s porridge was just right. The same goes for the three chairs he found in the house. Then he finds the bedroom and tries out the three beds. The first was too hard, the next was too soft and the last was just right. When the family finally come home, they see that someone has been in their house and has eaten their porridge, sat and broken their chairs and messed up their beds. The then find the bear in one of the beds. They are not happy so they shoo the bear away into the woods where he was reunited with his own family.
4. Review: I really enjoyed this story because it was a slight twist on a well-known fairytale. The illustrations were very nicely done and created an overall wooded feel for the story to take place in. It also set a scene for a more historic time period. I liked this story because it could be told exactly like the original fairytale but also had different places where you could read and interpret it as your own based on what was drawn in the illustrations.
5. Uses in the classroom:
• Read Goldilocks and the Three Bears as a read-aloud or have them read it individually after reading this book, so they have a better understanding of what they are reading.
• Create a class Venn diagram comparing the similarities and differenced between this story and the original fairytale.
• Have the students create their own take of the fairytale.
• Have the students recreate the story during play time.
• Have the students discuss with a partner what they may find in a modern day house that could be just right and on the two opposite extremes.
• Have students redraw their favorite scene and write the word that could be in the story.
February 15, 2014
Characters: baby bear, mama, papa, young girl, other bears
Setting: a cabin in the woods
Intended audience: as a Houghton Mifflin publication, this books appears to be geared toward students in primary grade levels. Also suitable for preschoolers, families, and general book lovers.
As a wordless picture book, Deep in the Forest relies on images to convey its characters, setting, and plot. It does not hurt for the reader to have some background knowledge of Goldilocks, in order to fully grasp the playfulness that lies within Turkle's seemingly intentional twist on that traditional tale. In Deep in the Forest, a young bear enters an empty cabin in the woods, where it proceeds to taste-test bowls of food, try out various seating options, jump on beds and empty pillow contents, and generally disrupt and dismantle the residence. When the family (mama, papa, young girl) return home and find their food eaten, chairs broken, and beds destroyed, they look quite perplexed. Baby bear emerges from under the covers of the smallest bed, and is shooed out of the cabin my mama's broom and papa's threatening hands. The final pages display the family surveying the land outside their home, and three small bears playing near a larger bear.
The dichromatic images in Deep in the Forest are composed of muted browns, greys, and yellows. Most are full-page pictures, but several spreads consist of layouts which provide a sense of chronological order and which carry the reader through the events of the story. The character's facial expressions and body language do the most work, giving the reader a sense of their emotions, responses to action, and intentions. Deep in the Forest allows young readers to give a voice to a story without pinning them into specific language or lexile levels, and also offers opportunities to explore telling a new side of a story.
Independent reading level: Preschool+
Setting: a cabin in the woods
Intended audience: as a Houghton Mifflin publication, this books appears to be geared toward students in primary grade levels. Also suitable for preschoolers, families, and general book lovers.
As a wordless picture book, Deep in the Forest relies on images to convey its characters, setting, and plot. It does not hurt for the reader to have some background knowledge of Goldilocks, in order to fully grasp the playfulness that lies within Turkle's seemingly intentional twist on that traditional tale. In Deep in the Forest, a young bear enters an empty cabin in the woods, where it proceeds to taste-test bowls of food, try out various seating options, jump on beds and empty pillow contents, and generally disrupt and dismantle the residence. When the family (mama, papa, young girl) return home and find their food eaten, chairs broken, and beds destroyed, they look quite perplexed. Baby bear emerges from under the covers of the smallest bed, and is shooed out of the cabin my mama's broom and papa's threatening hands. The final pages display the family surveying the land outside their home, and three small bears playing near a larger bear.
The dichromatic images in Deep in the Forest are composed of muted browns, greys, and yellows. Most are full-page pictures, but several spreads consist of layouts which provide a sense of chronological order and which carry the reader through the events of the story. The character's facial expressions and body language do the most work, giving the reader a sense of their emotions, responses to action, and intentions. Deep in the Forest allows young readers to give a voice to a story without pinning them into specific language or lexile levels, and also offers opportunities to explore telling a new side of a story.
Independent reading level: Preschool+
October 3, 2016
Age Level(s): Pre-school - Kindergarten
Deep in the Forest flips the story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" upside down. Follow a lone little bear as he explores a cottage in the woods, discovering new challenges along his journey. Even better, follow the family's reaction to the poor little guy.
Deep in the Forest does a great job showing the story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" in a more realistic concept. Readers are able to make mental connections throughout the reading, encouraging them to search for more text-to-text relationships later on. The classic style of art used brings the adult readers back to a more child-like time and lets them feel what it was like to be young in a non-current setting.
Classroom Uses:
1) Comparing and Contrasting readings (Deep in the Forest compared to Goldilocks and the Three Bears)
2) Teach the importance of the illustrator (explain how an illustrator and author have similar jobs, but one uses words and the other uses pictures)
3) Teaching them to pay attention to detail using pictures (ex. "How does the man feel at this part of the story? How do you know?) * could lead to the idea of imagery (words making pictures in their heads)
Deep in the Forest flips the story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" upside down. Follow a lone little bear as he explores a cottage in the woods, discovering new challenges along his journey. Even better, follow the family's reaction to the poor little guy.
Deep in the Forest does a great job showing the story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" in a more realistic concept. Readers are able to make mental connections throughout the reading, encouraging them to search for more text-to-text relationships later on. The classic style of art used brings the adult readers back to a more child-like time and lets them feel what it was like to be young in a non-current setting.
Classroom Uses:
1) Comparing and Contrasting readings (Deep in the Forest compared to Goldilocks and the Three Bears)
2) Teach the importance of the illustrator (explain how an illustrator and author have similar jobs, but one uses words and the other uses pictures)
3) Teaching them to pay attention to detail using pictures (ex. "How does the man feel at this part of the story? How do you know?) * could lead to the idea of imagery (words making pictures in their heads)
September 8, 2017
Deep in the Forest
By Brinton Turkle
No awards
Grade levels prek- 1st
Summary:This picture book is a twist on the classic story of goldilocks and the three bears. In the book, a bear cub is shown wandering into a cabin and being curious about everything that's inside. Of course he investigates, the three portages left on the table, the three chairs around the table, and the three beds in the other room. Instead of a bear family coming home, a human family comes home and sees the mess the bear cub left in their cabin. Eventually, they find the cub and chase him back into the forest.
Review: First of all, the artwork is muted and boring, but it uses space outside the art panels so it makes it look like the action is popping out at the reader. The story has a nice twist to it and can show young kids, who are familiar with the fairytale, a different point of view. The “baby’ in the story has curly, long, blond hair which could be a hint that she's a younger Goldilocks.
Uses in the classroom:
Good to kick off a fairytale unit
This book can be used in a compare and contrast activity with the original story and other fairytales
You can have the students put their own twist on other classic fairy tales
By Brinton Turkle
No awards
Grade levels prek- 1st
Summary:This picture book is a twist on the classic story of goldilocks and the three bears. In the book, a bear cub is shown wandering into a cabin and being curious about everything that's inside. Of course he investigates, the three portages left on the table, the three chairs around the table, and the three beds in the other room. Instead of a bear family coming home, a human family comes home and sees the mess the bear cub left in their cabin. Eventually, they find the cub and chase him back into the forest.
Review: First of all, the artwork is muted and boring, but it uses space outside the art panels so it makes it look like the action is popping out at the reader. The story has a nice twist to it and can show young kids, who are familiar with the fairytale, a different point of view. The “baby’ in the story has curly, long, blond hair which could be a hint that she's a younger Goldilocks.
Uses in the classroom:
Good to kick off a fairytale unit
This book can be used in a compare and contrast activity with the original story and other fairytales
You can have the students put their own twist on other classic fairy tales
January 9, 2013
(Mommy's review from 2/12)
Clever? Satisfying warmth? The only parts of the description I can agree with is the 'wordless' bit and, if I go out on a limb, the 'humor'. I'm at a loss as to how this isn't borderline theft. I can go draw a few pictures about a monster as a maid in a castle and with a nice step-father and the monster lives happily ever after and it's cool?
And, to make matters even worse Turkle didn't even deem it necessary to write. This is supposed to be a book correct?
I feel a little strange having a problem with this because we all know there are plenty of books without pictures. But with no words? That's not a book IMO.
I'd have loved to have given this one star but Julia wouldn't let me. When I ran through the stars again for her she said "it was okay". But the first thing she said last night when we started looking (we weren't reading of course) was "There aren't any words!" We can go to see art if we want art. This is art if anything. (Damn close to stolen art IMO.)
We won't be reading any Turkle books in the future. I prefer my authors to use their brains to come up with something imaginative rather than just feeding off of someone else's work.
Clever? Satisfying warmth? The only parts of the description I can agree with is the 'wordless' bit and, if I go out on a limb, the 'humor'. I'm at a loss as to how this isn't borderline theft. I can go draw a few pictures about a monster as a maid in a castle and with a nice step-father and the monster lives happily ever after and it's cool?
And, to make matters even worse Turkle didn't even deem it necessary to write. This is supposed to be a book correct?
I feel a little strange having a problem with this because we all know there are plenty of books without pictures. But with no words? That's not a book IMO.
I'd have loved to have given this one star but Julia wouldn't let me. When I ran through the stars again for her she said "it was okay". But the first thing she said last night when we started looking (we weren't reading of course) was "There aren't any words!" We can go to see art if we want art. This is art if anything. (Damn close to stolen art IMO.)
We won't be reading any Turkle books in the future. I prefer my authors to use their brains to come up with something imaginative rather than just feeding off of someone else's work.
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February 22, 20171. No awards could be found for this book.
2. This book is appropriate for K and First Grade.
3. This book is the opposite of Goldie Locks and the Three Bears. Instead of Goldie Locks breaking into the bears' house, a little bear cub breaks into a human family's house. The little bear tries the papa's, mama's, and baby's porridge, chair, and bed until he realized which one was "Just right" for him.
4. It was fun reading a book that was the opposite of the traditional story. I feel like the children enjoy reading a book with the main character being an animal, in this case a little bear cub. I like how in the end it shows how families stick together, bear and human.
5. One activity is to have the students write their own words for the pictures. It could be used to teach community and to see if the little bear is the kind of citizen we would want in our community. Another activity would be to compare and contrast Goldie Locks with this book.
2. This book is appropriate for K and First Grade.
3. This book is the opposite of Goldie Locks and the Three Bears. Instead of Goldie Locks breaking into the bears' house, a little bear cub breaks into a human family's house. The little bear tries the papa's, mama's, and baby's porridge, chair, and bed until he realized which one was "Just right" for him.
4. It was fun reading a book that was the opposite of the traditional story. I feel like the children enjoy reading a book with the main character being an animal, in this case a little bear cub. I like how in the end it shows how families stick together, bear and human.
5. One activity is to have the students write their own words for the pictures. It could be used to teach community and to see if the little bear is the kind of citizen we would want in our community. Another activity would be to compare and contrast Goldie Locks with this book.
November 14, 2017
Wordless Picture Books
Awards: N/A
Appropriate Grade Level: PK-3
Summary: Deep in the Forest seems to be the opposite of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. This story tells about a more practical scenario however, as a little cub stumbles upon a cabin in the forest. Following his discovery, the cub proceeds to eat the food on the table--which appears to be porridge. The bear breaks chairs and tears up the bedroom as well. The family returns in disbelieve and they run the bear out of the house once they discover him as the culprit.
Review: Deep in the Forrest is a funny story, and actually quite predictable if one knows the story of Goldilocks. It is interesting to see the role reversal, as we are so used to things being the other way around. Students will love this story for its simplicity and familiarity.
In-class Uses:
-Students can use this story to draw comparisons to another text (Goldilocks)
-Class discussion about learning not to touch what doesn't belong to you
Awards: N/A
Appropriate Grade Level: PK-3
Summary: Deep in the Forest seems to be the opposite of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. This story tells about a more practical scenario however, as a little cub stumbles upon a cabin in the forest. Following his discovery, the cub proceeds to eat the food on the table--which appears to be porridge. The bear breaks chairs and tears up the bedroom as well. The family returns in disbelieve and they run the bear out of the house once they discover him as the culprit.
Review: Deep in the Forrest is a funny story, and actually quite predictable if one knows the story of Goldilocks. It is interesting to see the role reversal, as we are so used to things being the other way around. Students will love this story for its simplicity and familiarity.
In-class Uses:
-Students can use this story to draw comparisons to another text (Goldilocks)
-Class discussion about learning not to touch what doesn't belong to you
October 10, 2016
2. Deep in the Forest by Brinton Turkle
No Awards
Grades P-1
Deep in the Forest is about a bear cub that goes into a cabin in the woods. The cub goes through the house and tries the different bowls of food, the chairs, and even the beds. He makes a little bit of a mess while doing it. The people come home while the cub is still in the house and he has to make a run for it.
Deep in the Forest is the opposite of Goldilocks and the Three Little Bears. It’s the same story, just with the characters reversed. The drawings are pencil sketches that are very pretty.
This book could be used in class to discuss why we shouldn’t touch things that aren’t our own. It can also be used so that students who can’t read (or are having trouble reading) can still express their thoughts and feelings about a book.
No Awards
Grades P-1
Deep in the Forest is about a bear cub that goes into a cabin in the woods. The cub goes through the house and tries the different bowls of food, the chairs, and even the beds. He makes a little bit of a mess while doing it. The people come home while the cub is still in the house and he has to make a run for it.
Deep in the Forest is the opposite of Goldilocks and the Three Little Bears. It’s the same story, just with the characters reversed. The drawings are pencil sketches that are very pretty.
This book could be used in class to discuss why we shouldn’t touch things that aren’t our own. It can also be used so that students who can’t read (or are having trouble reading) can still express their thoughts and feelings about a book.
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April 13, 2010Brinton Turkle’s work looks as if it were done with more pencil sketching with a bit of watercolors. The pictures are dull in color but possess wonderful skills. The main colors Turkle used were brown, black, off-white, and gold. Each page is wordless which shows how great of detail he put into each illustration. As the bear enters the house you can see three chairs and three bowls setting on the table labeled “Papa”, “Mama” and “Baby”. Turkle divides two pages in half to show the bear eating out of each bowl and the last picture of him being extremely worn out! The expressions on Papa, Mama and Baby’s face when they return home are excellent, no text needed. They show frustration, nervous, scared and happy in the end!
October 26, 2011
This is a wordless picture book. It's just the complete opposite of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears". The bear in this story plays "Goldilock's" role, while the humans play "the three bears". I like this book, however, I think that someone who reads this book must have read the original in order to understand it. I think it's a clever idea that the book gives "the bears" side of the story. Again, this book can be used when teaching compare and contrast.
I think the illustrations are a little too dull for a picture book, specially for such known tale. The original book is generally read my younger children, therefore, I would stress the use of brighter and more colorful pictures. I think colors attract little kids attention more than dull colors.
I think the illustrations are a little too dull for a picture book, specially for such known tale. The original book is generally read my younger children, therefore, I would stress the use of brighter and more colorful pictures. I think colors attract little kids attention more than dull colors.
February 27, 2017
1. K-2nd Grade
2. This book is the reversed story of Goldi-Locks. It is about a bear who goes into a family's house and eats their porridge, messed up their beds, and broke their chairs. The illustrations are detailed and cute.
3. I liked this book a lot, I've never heard of this reversed story of Goldi-Locks so I thought it was extremely interesting to read it. I think kids would love this story because it shows them a different interpretation of a story we all know and love. Also the pictures are detailed and I think kids would enjoy looking at them.
4. In class we could take this theme of reversing a story we know. We could take a week to present it to the class and it would be beneficial for students to have their creative juices flowing.
2. This book is the reversed story of Goldi-Locks. It is about a bear who goes into a family's house and eats their porridge, messed up their beds, and broke their chairs. The illustrations are detailed and cute.
3. I liked this book a lot, I've never heard of this reversed story of Goldi-Locks so I thought it was extremely interesting to read it. I think kids would love this story because it shows them a different interpretation of a story we all know and love. Also the pictures are detailed and I think kids would enjoy looking at them.
4. In class we could take this theme of reversing a story we know. We could take a week to present it to the class and it would be beneficial for students to have their creative juices flowing.
April 2, 2014
Turkle, B. Deep in the Forest. Puffin Books (1976).
This is a book composed entirely of pictures without any words at all, and is a reverse telling of Goldilocks and the three bears. A cub goes into the house of a pioneer family and tries out their food, chairs, and beds, until he falls asleep. The family then comes home and catches him, and he runs away before they can catch him.
The pictures in this book are very colorful and detailed, and even though there are no words to the story, young children (reading level ages 3-7) will enjoy the story and how it is different from the original fairytale of Goldilocks and the three bears.
This is a book composed entirely of pictures without any words at all, and is a reverse telling of Goldilocks and the three bears. A cub goes into the house of a pioneer family and tries out their food, chairs, and beds, until he falls asleep. The family then comes home and catches him, and he runs away before they can catch him.
The pictures in this book are very colorful and detailed, and even though there are no words to the story, young children (reading level ages 3-7) will enjoy the story and how it is different from the original fairytale of Goldilocks and the three bears.
January 29, 2015
This book was a retelling of Goldy Locks but it was switched around in several ways. First of all, it was all illustration. Second of all, it was completely wordless. We don't realize that it is a retelling until a few pages in. And it is so freaking cute. I really enjoyed not having words muddle up this story, it was a nice change of pace because there are so many different retelling of this one. And it did seem like we were right there with that little bear cub as it made its messes, sat in chairs, slept in a bad that didn't belong to it, and finally got found out before returning home. Twas adorable.
March 8, 2017
1. No awards
2. Age 2-5
3. A baby bear living in the forest sneaks into a family's house and make a big mass by eating their meal and breaking the furnitures. When the family comes, they all get angry and the bear gets found. The family failes to catch the bear and the baby bear happily goes to the mama bear.
4. I think this book would be very easy for young children to understand the plots by looking at the illustrations. The pictures are very obvious with the characters' face expressions. I find this book very entertaining, although the baby bear can be a bit annoying.
5. Begin the day and free-time reading
2. Age 2-5
3. A baby bear living in the forest sneaks into a family's house and make a big mass by eating their meal and breaking the furnitures. When the family comes, they all get angry and the bear gets found. The family failes to catch the bear and the baby bear happily goes to the mama bear.
4. I think this book would be very easy for young children to understand the plots by looking at the illustrations. The pictures are very obvious with the characters' face expressions. I find this book very entertaining, although the baby bear can be a bit annoying.
5. Begin the day and free-time reading
February 27, 2017
1) No awards
2) pre-school to 1st grade
3) A young bear breaks into the house of a human family similar to how Goldilocks did in her very own story.After causing a lot of property damage and getting chased by the family he eventually reunites with his own family.
4. I thought the book was a great retelling of the story of Goldilocks with an added twist. The book's illustrations also do a good job of portraying the characters emotions through their face.
5.Read the original Goldilocks first and then read Deep in the Forest. The object of the lesson is to teach the kids how to put themselves in another parties shoes.
2) pre-school to 1st grade
3) A young bear breaks into the house of a human family similar to how Goldilocks did in her very own story.After causing a lot of property damage and getting chased by the family he eventually reunites with his own family.
4. I thought the book was a great retelling of the story of Goldilocks with an added twist. The book's illustrations also do a good job of portraying the characters emotions through their face.
5.Read the original Goldilocks first and then read Deep in the Forest. The object of the lesson is to teach the kids how to put themselves in another parties shoes.
January 15, 2014
I found this book to be very intriguing. The book did not have any words which made it unique and made me kind of make up words for the story myself. I like the creativity of it because it was fun to just have to focus on the pictures, which told the story. I also thought the pictures were fun and detailed, which drew me in as the reader. I also liked how instead of the three bears it was the three humans and instead of Goldilocks it was a little bear. Overall, I found the story very entertaining and fun to read.
May 26, 2016
A little bear wanders into a house, tries out three bowls of food, tries out three chairs, and then tries out three beds till he finds one to curl up in. The humans come home (one of which is a girl with golden curls) and discover the intruder.
This is an entirely wordless flip of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and it was fantastic. Read it to little ones familiar with the other tale and see if they can figure out what is going on. The real question is which home invasion came first, the bear's or Goldilock's?
This is an entirely wordless flip of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and it was fantastic. Read it to little ones familiar with the other tale and see if they can figure out what is going on. The real question is which home invasion came first, the bear's or Goldilock's?
November 18, 2016
This story was a different take on the folktale Goldie locks and the three bears. I thoroughly enjoyed this story. I remember as a child begging my grandma to read Goldie locks and the three bears to me and I always loved the story. I thought the book Deep in the Forest was a unique take on the traditional folktale, being as there were no words. I liked the uniqueness because it gave you the freedom to in a sense to make up your own story about what happens. Overall, I thought this was a fantastic book.
April 26, 2018
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2. PreK-Grade 1
3. This cute and funny book portrays a curious bear whom, as many bears do, causes commotion on a campsite/cabin in the woods.
4. This is the first wordless book I've ever read, and I am happy to say that I enjoyed it. It's, obviously, much different than traditional children's books, but it made me realize that words aren't always necessary in communicating a storyline.
5. This book can be used, in a classroom, to talk about different types of books, and it would be perfect for the library/open-faced bookshelf that the children use during independent reading.
2. PreK-Grade 1
3. This cute and funny book portrays a curious bear whom, as many bears do, causes commotion on a campsite/cabin in the woods.
4. This is the first wordless book I've ever read, and I am happy to say that I enjoyed it. It's, obviously, much different than traditional children's books, but it made me realize that words aren't always necessary in communicating a storyline.
5. This book can be used, in a classroom, to talk about different types of books, and it would be perfect for the library/open-faced bookshelf that the children use during independent reading.
May 1, 2018
For Ages: 3-7
Summary: Illustrations that take a bear through a house in the forest as he eats food, takes a nap, and then gets chased out.
Review: A book that tells a story without using any words. The reversal version of Goldie locks and the three bears.
Classroom Use: To show the children how a story can be told without using text, and to show an original story portrayed in a different way showing them stories have different angles. I could have the children draw out a story and have the other students come up with a story to see if it matches.
Summary: Illustrations that take a bear through a house in the forest as he eats food, takes a nap, and then gets chased out.
Review: A book that tells a story without using any words. The reversal version of Goldie locks and the three bears.
Classroom Use: To show the children how a story can be told without using text, and to show an original story portrayed in a different way showing them stories have different angles. I could have the children draw out a story and have the other students come up with a story to see if it matches.
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September 29, 2013A bear cub stumbles across a cabin in the woods and wreaks havoc, Goldilocks-style, in this wordless picture book. Although the illustrations are rendered in dark, autumnal colors, the charm of the pictures wasn't lost on my young daughters. They laughed at the cub's antics, and were delighted when he safely escaped back to his mother. Personally, I like this version of Goldilocks, since it makes more sense for a bear cub to wreak that kind of careless havoc than for a little girl to do so.
January 16, 2014
This was the first book that I read with no words. I enjoyed just looking at the pictures and anticipating what was going to happen next. It felt like I was coming up with the story and still had words going through my mind while looking at it. I think as a future teacher I would have the kids write a story to go along with the pictures. Then I would come together as a class and see the different stories the kids came up with when looking at the same pictures.
September 10, 2015
A curious bear cub discovers a curious cottage in the woods and decides to explore.
This wordless gem was a childhood favorite of The Wife's and is a new favorite of mine. A clever reversal of the classic Goldilocks tale, it feels at once old and familiar and original and fresh. The Boy (2) often asks for this one, and I always find so much interest in the charming, monochromatic illustrations.
This wordless gem was a childhood favorite of The Wife's and is a new favorite of mine. A clever reversal of the classic Goldilocks tale, it feels at once old and familiar and original and fresh. The Boy (2) often asks for this one, and I always find so much interest in the charming, monochromatic illustrations.
May 4, 2013
Realistic style that doesn't feel like it puppets photographic reference because the illsutrator can draw! wonderful twist on Goldilocks story, poignant choices in facial expression adn camera angle to make a familiar story new again.One doesn't miss words in this story, which is unusual even for some terrific wordless books.
November 14, 2013
This picturebook is just like the story of Goldilocks, where Goldilocks goes to the bears' house and escapes from there when she is about to get caught. In this book, it is a baby bear who goes to the human house and runs for his life when he is discovered by the humans. He runs and goes back to his family.
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