Goldilocks, Go Home!
Martha Freeman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
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· 1 ratings · 176 pages · Published: 16 Jul 2019
"So I ate some porridge and broke a chair--get over it!" Goldilocks snipes at Bobby Bear, as Baby Bear is now calling himself. Tensions are high at the Three Bears cottage where Goldilocks--an overdramatic tween who has deluded herself into believing she's a princess--is stranded until the Big Bad Wolf vacates the area.
A hungry troll, three pigs with a home improvement show on HoGTV, and of course the Big Bad Wolf all figure into the story in this hilarious mash-up of folk and fairy tales from around the world.
In chapters full of quirky and clever drawings, Bobby and Goldilocks alternate narrating the story of their hair-raising adventures. Goldilocks aka "Furless" and Bobby are constantly at one another's throats and can't stop interrupting each other. But despite their mutual animosity, a kind of affection develops between Bobby and Goldilocks, and they become something like friends. As Bobby explains, "I mean, annoying as she was, I didn't want her to end up wolf kibble." Over 80 illustrations are included.
Tagged as:
- fantasy 4
- funny 3
- psychological 3
- animals 3
- children 3
- folktales & legends 2
- fairy tales 2
- great outdoors 2
- friendship 2
- family 1
- culinary 1
- classics 1
- retellings 1
- Add topics
- format - reader age
- middle grade 2
- book 1