Goldilocks & the Three Bears

by Jonathan Langley

While three bears are away from home, Goldilocks ventures inside their house, tastes their porridge, tries their chairs, and finally falls asleep in Baby Bear's bed.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

1 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1992

About the author

Jonathan Langley is a British writer and illustrator of children's books. He has also worked as a freelance illustrator and designer in publishing, editorial, design, advertising, film, gift market, and packaging.

Reviews

[Day · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found this version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears to be a little different because the Bears have names and Goldilocks had a life after the story ended.

[Moses Parker · Rating 4 out of 5]

Traditional tale of Godilocks and The Three Bears but the ending is different. In this tale three bears are given names but they are still known as Father Bear (George), Mother Bear (Mavis), and Baby Bear (Brain). They are pictured as a warm and loving family who are just regular folks that clean their house and set the table for breakfast or dinner. I have read and heard the tale of Godilocks and The Three Bears since I was growing up. The illustration are by Jonathan Langely which is also the author of this book. He use a cartoon style guality to his illustration alone with the words to tell the story which I found to be good way to convey the action and emotion of the story. You could actually understand and maybe feel the porridge begin too hot to eat and the chair and bed being uncomfortable but finding that right one made it just right. I always wondered why this young girl was left alone to explore the woods by herself at such a young age. Goldilock seems like she is not just exploring but on a quest which the book want use to believe. Goldilocks grew weary exploring in the woods until she comes upon a house she realizes that maybe she could get some food and rest at this house. She takes it upon herself to enter the house and eat the food and get a rest but this is breaking and entering someone house without permission. I always felt that Goldilocks didn't learn any manners from her parents and she has a disregard for the law and people's property. I would use this book to teach respect of people's property and how it is important to always ask someone could you use their stuff. Don't never assume that it's ok to do so when they not around.

[Patrick Gralton · Rating 3 out of 5]

George, Mavis and Brian are the three bears visited by Goldilocks.
It uses very descriptive language and has lovely illustrations.The author utilises varying syntax which introduces learners to good sentence structure - also a Goldilocks who is 'swatting at butterflys with a stick and kicking the heads off flowers' might allow you to create writing lessons of alternative versions of fairytales as was done in my SBT2 school.