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The Three Bears' Halloween
This book is hilarious and so much fun to read to your children. It is cleverly written and beautifully illustrated. The story starts off with the three bears getting dressed up to go trick or treating. They visit several of their animal friends before stumbling upon a cottage with a door that is left open. They enter the house, eat the snacks, break a chair, and hide in the bed, only to be scared off when the "witch" that is following them is Goldilocks dressed up for Halloween. Absolutely adorable,
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First published August 9, 2007
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Kathy Duval
10 books16 followersKathy Duval's latest book is A BEAR'S YEAR (Schwartz & Wade), illustrated by Gerry Turley She is also the author of TAKE ME TO YOUR BBQ illustrated by Adam McCauley, and THE THREE BEARS’ CHRISTMAS and THE THREE BEARS’ HALLOWEEN, illustrated by Meisel.
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October 28, 2020
In a Halloween switcheroo, the three bears find an empty house, and make themselves at home. But, is the house really unoccupied? I was not a fan of the artwork in this one.
October 28, 2016
The cabin with the little bear standing there in his pj’s, with jack-o-lanterns beside him is so cute!
I love the ghosts in the tree, because that’s what my mom used to do when I was a kid. Very nostalgic.
Just noticed the owl on the branch with a mask, trying to look like a bear, with a lil trick or treat bag.
The bears could be better; they don’t really look like bears&are kind of funny looking.
The pumpkin with the candle inside is so cute!!
The papa bear only put ‘funny ears’ on and the mama bear only put ‘funny hair’ on. It doesn’t make sense for the baby bear dressed as a tiger, to say ‘Boo!’
Wish he was wearing something more creative and Halloween-ish than a tiger costume.
And instead of being on this page, the parents jumped and said “You look scary!” on the next page, which didn’t accompany the scene of them walking out the door.
He says Boo down a hole and a squirrel gives him nuts, and then he yells at a bush and bees give him honey. Idk why the birds are clothed.
I’m surprised he said trick or treat at the house and not boo!
Just realized the mom was dressed as an angel, but idk why she has crazy hair then. &what’s the dad supposed to be? He should be a character, too.
I thought it would be like the porridge, trying the spiders out until you find the right one.
Noticed the mouse on the counter and on the floor.
‘Mama nibbled a licorice leg. Papa nibbled two legs, and Baby Bear ate a whole popcorn spider.’ That could have been a lot better.
it wouldn't be like parents to hear a noise and then go running to hide in the living room and in the upstairs bedroom. The dad would typically go and see what the noise is.
There’s a painting of a wolf disguised as red riding hood on the wall!
‘the bears ran upstairs, dived into bed.’ Shouldn’t it be ‘dove’?
Omg there’s dolls of the bear family in the exact clothes they’re wearing! What in the world?!?!
The witch is goldilocks! Duh! I knew it was a reverse 3 bears story, but when they saw the witch outside, I was like where’s goldilocks gonna come in at?? It never occurred to me that the witch was goldilocks!! I wish she looked more like goldilocks.
it's weird because when Baby Bear peeked over the covers, he was looking directly at Goldilocks. couldn't he see it was her?
I didn’t like how they didn’t know it was a little girl, and not a witch!! The book just ends abruptly, with the 3 bears running away, and goldilocks looking directly out to us readers like it was a hilarious prank she pulled. The rat was running away with the bears. Was it a pet?
I don’t remember the ending of Golilocks and the three bears, but Idt it ended with goldilocks running in terror.
the little mouse all of a sudden shows up on the page where the bears go into the house, it's on the porch, and then is seen throughout the house with them. it wasn't in the beginning of the story.
once I think on it, it's kind of weird to do the reversal story, because doesn't Goldilocks have parents? She doesnt have the house all to herself. the parents would have heard the bears in the house.
I love the ghosts in the tree, because that’s what my mom used to do when I was a kid. Very nostalgic.
Just noticed the owl on the branch with a mask, trying to look like a bear, with a lil trick or treat bag.
The bears could be better; they don’t really look like bears&are kind of funny looking.
The pumpkin with the candle inside is so cute!!
The papa bear only put ‘funny ears’ on and the mama bear only put ‘funny hair’ on. It doesn’t make sense for the baby bear dressed as a tiger, to say ‘Boo!’
Wish he was wearing something more creative and Halloween-ish than a tiger costume.
And instead of being on this page, the parents jumped and said “You look scary!” on the next page, which didn’t accompany the scene of them walking out the door.
He says Boo down a hole and a squirrel gives him nuts, and then he yells at a bush and bees give him honey. Idk why the birds are clothed.
I’m surprised he said trick or treat at the house and not boo!
Just realized the mom was dressed as an angel, but idk why she has crazy hair then. &what’s the dad supposed to be? He should be a character, too.
I thought it would be like the porridge, trying the spiders out until you find the right one.
Noticed the mouse on the counter and on the floor.
‘Mama nibbled a licorice leg. Papa nibbled two legs, and Baby Bear ate a whole popcorn spider.’ That could have been a lot better.
it wouldn't be like parents to hear a noise and then go running to hide in the living room and in the upstairs bedroom. The dad would typically go and see what the noise is.
There’s a painting of a wolf disguised as red riding hood on the wall!
‘the bears ran upstairs, dived into bed.’ Shouldn’t it be ‘dove’?
Omg there’s dolls of the bear family in the exact clothes they’re wearing! What in the world?!?!
The witch is goldilocks! Duh! I knew it was a reverse 3 bears story, but when they saw the witch outside, I was like where’s goldilocks gonna come in at?? It never occurred to me that the witch was goldilocks!! I wish she looked more like goldilocks.
it's weird because when Baby Bear peeked over the covers, he was looking directly at Goldilocks. couldn't he see it was her?
I didn’t like how they didn’t know it was a little girl, and not a witch!! The book just ends abruptly, with the 3 bears running away, and goldilocks looking directly out to us readers like it was a hilarious prank she pulled. The rat was running away with the bears. Was it a pet?
I don’t remember the ending of Golilocks and the three bears, but Idt it ended with goldilocks running in terror.
the little mouse all of a sudden shows up on the page where the bears go into the house, it's on the porch, and then is seen throughout the house with them. it wasn't in the beginning of the story.
once I think on it, it's kind of weird to do the reversal story, because doesn't Goldilocks have parents? She doesnt have the house all to herself. the parents would have heard the bears in the house.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 15, 2010
Cute little story that mirrors the original fairy tale as the bears stumble upon a house as they are trick-or-treating. They procede to sample food in the kitchen, break a chair and hide in a bed, all whilr running from a mysterious figure. Would be a good companion to the original and has a nice opportunity for inferencing at the end.
March 19, 2012
I like the idea of switching up the original story of the Three Little Bears but thought this book could have used a tiny bit more creativity. However, my 6-year-old thought it was funny and that's the point of a children's book. He really loved that Goldilocks had three stuffed bears sitting on the dresser in her bedroom.
October 29, 2008
A title I use for my Halloween storyhour. It works very well. The pictures are interesting the story works without being too wordy and most of my kids are interested because they are familiar with Goldilocks and the Three Bears and want to hear about their Halloween adventures.
March 2, 2016
Title: The Three Bear’s Halloween
Author: Kathy Duval
Illustrator: Paul Meisel
Genre: European Folktale
Theme(s): Bears, Family, Halloween, Fall
Opening line/sentence: It was Halloween
Brief Book Summary: A family of three bears go out trick or treating for Halloween when they come across a scary house. They go inside the house since the door is unlocked where they wander around eating and hiding from the creepy laughter that they keep hearing. They soon are surprised by the creepy laughter face to face.
Professional Recommendation/Review #1: Papa Bear puts on funny ears, Mama Bear dons a curly wig, and Baby Bear dresses as a tiger. This can only mean one thing Halloween. The family goes trick-or-treating, and Baby Bear s bag fills up, because, he says, he s so scary. When the family arrives at a house decorated with cobwebs and skeletons (with a witch hiding in the bushes), it s the bears who get nervous. Still, they go inside, gobble Halloween treats, and break a chair in the living room; and when they hear someone in the house, they run upstairs and dive under the covers. Someone creeping up the stairs casts a frightening shadow. Baby Bear yells, Someone is a big, bad witch, but children will recognize Goldilocks under the witch s costume and welcome the chance to figure things out before the bears do. Thickly applied acrylics make for sturdy paintings, but the many holiday accoutrements (jack-o lanterns, costumed friends, Halloween decorations) lighten the pictures. Good fun for story hours, this works as an introduction to fractured fairy tales. Preschool-Grade 1
(PUBLISHER: Holiday House (New York:), PUBLISHED: 2007.)
Professional Recommendation/Review #2: Duval, Kathy The Three Bears' Halloween
32 pp. Holiday 2007. ISBN 978-0-8234-2032-2(4) K-3 Illustrated by Paul Meisel. Papa, Mama, and Baby Bear go trick-or-treating, visiting various woodland creatures. Exploring (uninvited) a "very scary house," they wreak mild havoc, then hide upstairs when the owner returns. Meisel's acrylic and gouache illustrations are warm rather than scary, with Mama and Papa a constant reassuring presence. The Goldilocks role reversal, while inspired in theory, is muddled in execution.
Response to Two Professional Reviews: I do not fully agree with both reviews but I do agree with some aspects of each. I think that the first review gives an awesome description that is filled with detail about what this book consists of. It gives teachers, parents, whomever is reading a good idea of what they can expect from this book. I however, think that they could have included that there is room for the children to make their own predictions about who the person laughing is going to be. On the other hand though I do agree that this book will be fun for children for a read aloud book. However, I disagree with the first review on the aspect that it is saying that the illustrations are scary but they are lightened up by the holiday objects. I do not think any of the illustrations were scary, just like mentioned in the second review. All of the illustrations were warm and inviting in my opinion.
Evaluation of Literary Elements: This book includes a great plot that will give children the action and suspense they need to be interested and attentive. They will be interested and attentive since the bears constantly are hearing laughing but have no idea where or who it is coming from. This gives children the chance to use their own imaginations and predictions to who the house belongs to. The story also makes the characters life like since they are all dressed in Halloween costumes and most children can relate to this. I also think this is a cool retelling since the children will be familiar with Goldilocks at the end of the book and can make the connection that possibly the bears were trying to get some payback.
Consideration of Instructional Application: I could use this book in my classroom for many different topics. This would be a good book to just read as a read aloud for Halloween or it could be used for specific lessons. I think I would use this book for both ideas. I think I would use this book in order to teach children about rewritten stories and how it can be done to basically any folktale. I would read this retelling and a few others to give them a good look at how it is done differently but the same for many folktales. We would have a discussion on which retelling is which folktale so I know as a class they understand. Next, I would have the children split up into groups and give each group a different original folktale and have them come up with their own retelling. This can help the children with their storytelling and writing skills. I also think that this book would be great for the children to learn how to make predictions and to learn what exactly predictions are. This would be possible since in the middle of the book when the mysterious laughing is heard it is a great point to have them make their own predictions. Therefore, I would explain predictions before reading then when they have the correct idea I will read the story and stop once the laughing begins to write down all of the predictions the class comes up with.
Author: Kathy Duval
Illustrator: Paul Meisel
Genre: European Folktale
Theme(s): Bears, Family, Halloween, Fall
Opening line/sentence: It was Halloween
Brief Book Summary: A family of three bears go out trick or treating for Halloween when they come across a scary house. They go inside the house since the door is unlocked where they wander around eating and hiding from the creepy laughter that they keep hearing. They soon are surprised by the creepy laughter face to face.
Professional Recommendation/Review #1: Papa Bear puts on funny ears, Mama Bear dons a curly wig, and Baby Bear dresses as a tiger. This can only mean one thing Halloween. The family goes trick-or-treating, and Baby Bear s bag fills up, because, he says, he s so scary. When the family arrives at a house decorated with cobwebs and skeletons (with a witch hiding in the bushes), it s the bears who get nervous. Still, they go inside, gobble Halloween treats, and break a chair in the living room; and when they hear someone in the house, they run upstairs and dive under the covers. Someone creeping up the stairs casts a frightening shadow. Baby Bear yells, Someone is a big, bad witch, but children will recognize Goldilocks under the witch s costume and welcome the chance to figure things out before the bears do. Thickly applied acrylics make for sturdy paintings, but the many holiday accoutrements (jack-o lanterns, costumed friends, Halloween decorations) lighten the pictures. Good fun for story hours, this works as an introduction to fractured fairy tales. Preschool-Grade 1
(PUBLISHER: Holiday House (New York:), PUBLISHED: 2007.)
Professional Recommendation/Review #2: Duval, Kathy The Three Bears' Halloween
32 pp. Holiday 2007. ISBN 978-0-8234-2032-2(4) K-3 Illustrated by Paul Meisel. Papa, Mama, and Baby Bear go trick-or-treating, visiting various woodland creatures. Exploring (uninvited) a "very scary house," they wreak mild havoc, then hide upstairs when the owner returns. Meisel's acrylic and gouache illustrations are warm rather than scary, with Mama and Papa a constant reassuring presence. The Goldilocks role reversal, while inspired in theory, is muddled in execution.
Response to Two Professional Reviews: I do not fully agree with both reviews but I do agree with some aspects of each. I think that the first review gives an awesome description that is filled with detail about what this book consists of. It gives teachers, parents, whomever is reading a good idea of what they can expect from this book. I however, think that they could have included that there is room for the children to make their own predictions about who the person laughing is going to be. On the other hand though I do agree that this book will be fun for children for a read aloud book. However, I disagree with the first review on the aspect that it is saying that the illustrations are scary but they are lightened up by the holiday objects. I do not think any of the illustrations were scary, just like mentioned in the second review. All of the illustrations were warm and inviting in my opinion.
Evaluation of Literary Elements: This book includes a great plot that will give children the action and suspense they need to be interested and attentive. They will be interested and attentive since the bears constantly are hearing laughing but have no idea where or who it is coming from. This gives children the chance to use their own imaginations and predictions to who the house belongs to. The story also makes the characters life like since they are all dressed in Halloween costumes and most children can relate to this. I also think this is a cool retelling since the children will be familiar with Goldilocks at the end of the book and can make the connection that possibly the bears were trying to get some payback.
Consideration of Instructional Application: I could use this book in my classroom for many different topics. This would be a good book to just read as a read aloud for Halloween or it could be used for specific lessons. I think I would use this book for both ideas. I think I would use this book in order to teach children about rewritten stories and how it can be done to basically any folktale. I would read this retelling and a few others to give them a good look at how it is done differently but the same for many folktales. We would have a discussion on which retelling is which folktale so I know as a class they understand. Next, I would have the children split up into groups and give each group a different original folktale and have them come up with their own retelling. This can help the children with their storytelling and writing skills. I also think that this book would be great for the children to learn how to make predictions and to learn what exactly predictions are. This would be possible since in the middle of the book when the mysterious laughing is heard it is a great point to have them make their own predictions. Therefore, I would explain predictions before reading then when they have the correct idea I will read the story and stop once the laughing begins to write down all of the predictions the class comes up with.
October 6, 2023
They stop t a spooky house, the door was open. They found some yummy treats. They heard "tee-hee=hee!" They saw a tall witches hat and a witch with a bi nose. They ran upstairs and hid in the bed someone was coming up the stairs. More laughter. They ran outside and a little girl said Happy Halloween!
September 1, 2018
A flipped classic story! The three bear sneak into a haunted house and get chased out by goldilocks at the end. Gotta love entering other people's houses uninvited. Not creepy at all...D:
September 28, 2018
A cute twist on Goldilocks and the three bears. Perfect for Halloween!
October 1, 2018
Okay for a Halloween ST.
October 23, 2018
I really liked this but I didn't like making the sounds. Good for demonstrating a fractured fairytale.
November 18, 2018
A Halloween tail staring The Three Bears. The ending is a bit abrupt, but it has colorful illustrations and not an overwhelming amount of text.
October 9, 2019
Cute Halloween version of Three Bears. Nicely done and tips the story on its head.
October 26, 2019
Not much of a story, but the illustrations are cute.
September 30, 2020
A sweet and silly twist on a classic fairy tale.
October 27, 2021
Holt-Delhi PJ story time 10-27-2021
September 22, 2022
This was a good twist on "Goldilocks and the Three Bears", the ending had a great twist, even though I did guess what it was. It was fun and a little funny.
October 17, 2022
A spooky twist on a familiar fairy-tale when the three bears go trick or treating and enters the home of Goldilocks.
October 24, 2023
Silly and slightly spooky story of the Three bears scared by a mysterious figure.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 1, 2023
The Goldilocks story gets a turn on its head when a bear family gets too nosy about a spooky abandoned(?) house on Halloween night.
October 10, 2025
Wasn't what I expected. Felt a little bit like a lost opportunity
October 28, 2025
Narrative doesn’t make sense, not fun to read, and the illustrations are just okay.
October 21, 2016
The best part of the book is the art. The paintings are so pretty and lively and engaging. I loved the pumpkins; they were so cute, and the paper bag Baby Bear carried with ghosts on it was so cute.
Some things were hit and miss, like the owl wearing a cat mask over its beak, or whatever animal mouth that was. And it had a treat bag beside it on the limb. I didn't understand why wild animals were trick-or-treating, or how they went about that. Papa Bear put on funny ears, which looked like big monkey ears or something, but he had a long tail which was the color of his fur and wasn’t mentioned. I think it should have been explained why a bear had a long monkey tail, because obviously bears don’t have tails like that. They also didn't look like bears. They were pretty weird looking. I also thought it was weird that Baby Bear dressed as a tiger, something with big teeth, because he's a bear and already has big teeth himself, so it's weird he'd emulate a tiger. He should have had a better costume. They all should have.
The writing killed it. It was really simple and usually didn’t describe what happened on the current page, instead explained what happened on the previous page, so the narration was behind. For example, on pg. 2 I believe (it’s hard to tell because there aren’t any page numbers) Baby Bear put the tiger mask on, pg. 3 was the picture of that. Pg. 4 was Mama and Papa Bears going out of the house, and pg. 5 was Baby Bear ahead of them, and only then on pg. 5 did Mama and Papa bear jump and say he looked scary. So it was weird to have that reaction based on what happened on an old page, when the picture wasn’t showing that. They had already moved on to something else and it was like the writing was slow on the uptake.
The first page said “It was Halloween.” Such a simple sentence. What really annoyed me is when Baby Bear kept yelling “Boo!” as he went around trick-or-treating. He yells “Boo!” to the squirrel, shouts “Boo! Boo!” to the bees, “Boo! Boo! Boo!” to the birds. It was very annoying, because you don’t yell boo on Halloween. It’s “trick-or-treat.” That’s not how Halloween works. And there was this little mouse in a cape popping up on some of the pages that was never commented on. I kept waiting for him to say something or explain why he was following them around, or to have at least some part in the story, but he never did.
It was so odd how the writing was painfully simple at times, but then at others she’s saying Baby Bear shivered, and Mama Bear clucked her tongue, which is too advanced for young children. They wouldn’t even know what that means. Then, just like she had done before, she described what happened on the next page. The page that they’re eating the popcorn spiders, the witch is also at the window. But it isn’t until the next page, in which the witch is running through the yard and is no longer at the window, that she says “someone’s peeking in the window.” And everything is scary in here. “Someone has a very scary house” and “someone with a scary broom.” How is a broom scary? And what they ate was so stupid. Mama Bear had a licorice leg, Papa Bear had two licorice legs and Baby Bear had a whole popcorn spider. It was like she wanted them to each eat more than the other, Baby Bear most of all, but it was just stupid. She should have come up with something different.
The mouse is with them through the whole thing, munching on a piece of candy corn, for some reason. Don’t know why he’s taken up with the bears. And the cat that had been at the house when he got there seems to be as afraid as they are, runs up the stairs with them as if running away from Goldilocks. If that’s his owner, why would he run away from her? Her bedroom was weird, she had two pictures of bears on her wall, and one of a witch. Then on her dresser she had stuffed animals of all 3 bears—in their Halloween costumes. Papa Bear in his plaid and pants, Mama Bear in an angel costume and Baby Bear as a tiger. How would she know what costumes they had? They should have just been in regular clothing, but I know it was supposed to be easier to tell who they were.
And I thought the bears knew Goldilocks—since she had come to their house, and she had stuffed animals of them—so it was weird how they didn’t know it was her house, and didn’t recognize her through the costume. The only thing that was covered was her nose, so I waited for them to see it was just her and not a real witch. At the end she even said “Happy Halloween, three bears!” so she knew them, but they didn’t appear to know where she lived, as they ran away. So it was weird and didn’t make sense. Clearly kids wouldn’t be thinking this deeply or notice any of these things, so it’s an okay read for kids. I would have appreciated more thought to it and better writing though, to go along with the artwork.
Some things were hit and miss, like the owl wearing a cat mask over its beak, or whatever animal mouth that was. And it had a treat bag beside it on the limb. I didn't understand why wild animals were trick-or-treating, or how they went about that. Papa Bear put on funny ears, which looked like big monkey ears or something, but he had a long tail which was the color of his fur and wasn’t mentioned. I think it should have been explained why a bear had a long monkey tail, because obviously bears don’t have tails like that. They also didn't look like bears. They were pretty weird looking. I also thought it was weird that Baby Bear dressed as a tiger, something with big teeth, because he's a bear and already has big teeth himself, so it's weird he'd emulate a tiger. He should have had a better costume. They all should have.
The writing killed it. It was really simple and usually didn’t describe what happened on the current page, instead explained what happened on the previous page, so the narration was behind. For example, on pg. 2 I believe (it’s hard to tell because there aren’t any page numbers) Baby Bear put the tiger mask on, pg. 3 was the picture of that. Pg. 4 was Mama and Papa Bears going out of the house, and pg. 5 was Baby Bear ahead of them, and only then on pg. 5 did Mama and Papa bear jump and say he looked scary. So it was weird to have that reaction based on what happened on an old page, when the picture wasn’t showing that. They had already moved on to something else and it was like the writing was slow on the uptake.
The first page said “It was Halloween.” Such a simple sentence. What really annoyed me is when Baby Bear kept yelling “Boo!” as he went around trick-or-treating. He yells “Boo!” to the squirrel, shouts “Boo! Boo!” to the bees, “Boo! Boo! Boo!” to the birds. It was very annoying, because you don’t yell boo on Halloween. It’s “trick-or-treat.” That’s not how Halloween works. And there was this little mouse in a cape popping up on some of the pages that was never commented on. I kept waiting for him to say something or explain why he was following them around, or to have at least some part in the story, but he never did.
It was so odd how the writing was painfully simple at times, but then at others she’s saying Baby Bear shivered, and Mama Bear clucked her tongue, which is too advanced for young children. They wouldn’t even know what that means. Then, just like she had done before, she described what happened on the next page. The page that they’re eating the popcorn spiders, the witch is also at the window. But it isn’t until the next page, in which the witch is running through the yard and is no longer at the window, that she says “someone’s peeking in the window.” And everything is scary in here. “Someone has a very scary house” and “someone with a scary broom.” How is a broom scary? And what they ate was so stupid. Mama Bear had a licorice leg, Papa Bear had two licorice legs and Baby Bear had a whole popcorn spider. It was like she wanted them to each eat more than the other, Baby Bear most of all, but it was just stupid. She should have come up with something different.
The mouse is with them through the whole thing, munching on a piece of candy corn, for some reason. Don’t know why he’s taken up with the bears. And the cat that had been at the house when he got there seems to be as afraid as they are, runs up the stairs with them as if running away from Goldilocks. If that’s his owner, why would he run away from her? Her bedroom was weird, she had two pictures of bears on her wall, and one of a witch. Then on her dresser she had stuffed animals of all 3 bears—in their Halloween costumes. Papa Bear in his plaid and pants, Mama Bear in an angel costume and Baby Bear as a tiger. How would she know what costumes they had? They should have just been in regular clothing, but I know it was supposed to be easier to tell who they were.
And I thought the bears knew Goldilocks—since she had come to their house, and she had stuffed animals of them—so it was weird how they didn’t know it was her house, and didn’t recognize her through the costume. The only thing that was covered was her nose, so I waited for them to see it was just her and not a real witch. At the end she even said “Happy Halloween, three bears!” so she knew them, but they didn’t appear to know where she lived, as they ran away. So it was weird and didn’t make sense. Clearly kids wouldn’t be thinking this deeply or notice any of these things, so it’s an okay read for kids. I would have appreciated more thought to it and better writing though, to go along with the artwork.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 26, 2016
A fun, Halloween twist on the Goldilocks story.
April 8, 2014
This story is a spinoff of the story ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’. The story starts off with the three bears getting dressed up to go trick or treating. They go trick or treating and while out, they come across a cottage with an open front door. They go inside; they eat the snacks, break a chair, and hide in the bed. Then they are scared off by a “witch” who was following them. It turns out the witch was actually Goldilocks dressed up as a witch for Halloween. I would use this story for retelling purposes because of the repetition that is in the story. Also, I would use this story for comparing two stories. I would have students compare the original classic version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears to this story.
October 8, 2011
This is an entertaining Halloween-themed story about Goldilocks and the Three Bears (but the story is in reverse.) The narrative is entertaining, but the illustrations are what make the book so much fun. There are a lot of details to point out and lots of suspenseful scenes that can push the reader to a false conclusion. Overall, it's a good story to read aloud.
One of the children in our oldest's third grade class read this aloud to me during reading with a partner time in class. We enjoyed reading this book together.
One of the children in our oldest's third grade class read this aloud to me during reading with a partner time in class. We enjoyed reading this book together.
August 20, 2016
After reaching our "renewal limit" at our public library, I added this book to my son's Christmas list. This is a wonderful twist, on Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
While trick-or-treating the three bears come upon a house with an open door and go inside. They eat treats, break a chair and hide under a bed all while a scary witch looms ever closer. Great suspense and an ending that will delight children. My son loved looking for the witch's hat on each page to see where the evil laughter was coming from.
My very favorite Halloween book! Can't recommend enough.
While trick-or-treating the three bears come upon a house with an open door and go inside. They eat treats, break a chair and hide under a bed all while a scary witch looms ever closer. Great suspense and an ending that will delight children. My son loved looking for the witch's hat on each page to see where the evil laughter was coming from.
My very favorite Halloween book! Can't recommend enough.
October 31, 2012
Oldest son (age 4) thought this was a little scary, but was relieved that it wasn't a real witch, just Goldilocks in disguise. :) A cute story and take on the traditional Three Bears story.
Recommended for kids who like fairy tales, older preschool to 2nd grade will probably enjoy it the most. :D
Recommended for kids who like fairy tales, older preschool to 2nd grade will probably enjoy it the most. :D
October 15, 2016
In this Halloween story the tables are turned! Instead of Goldilocks entering the Bears' home, they enter hers while out trick-or-treating!
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I liked the similarities from the original tale mixed with new and specifically Halloween details. The story felt like it went super fast though. Recommended for kids ages 3-6.
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I liked the similarities from the original tale mixed with new and specifically Halloween details. The story felt like it went super fast though. Recommended for kids ages 3-6.
September 24, 2008
a great holiday take-off on the classic three bears' story. Too much fun to pass up.
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