11/3/2023 0 Comments Mo willems goldilocks![]() The Three Bears on the other hand are given many anthropomorphic characteristics by living a domestic life in a house, wearing clothes, and speaking proper English. Goldilocks as a dog is stripped of her once human attributes. The size of the character is exaggerated, and also her boldness makes the character seem much more salient than the three bears. As we can see from the cover, pictured above, Goldilocks is the most notable figure. Palazzo’s version offers a striking twist to the classic tale in that the character of Goldilocks is portrayed by a shaggy, golden dog, instead of a young lady. This 1959 construction of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, retold by Tony Palazzo, deviates widely from the original tale first told by Robert Southey in England in1837. Three brown bears are visible in the background. We all love this story!! SO glad we ventured out our very happy home in the world of Knuffle Bunny, Pigeon, Elephant, and Piggie.The illustration on this book cover depicts Goldilocks as a shaggy, golden dog in the foreground. I love everything about it." My kids are 3 and 6, and my 3rd "child" is 31. I think that I should never review Willem's books here because most of the time my answer is just "I just love it. I'm trying to write an essay and I'm really not sure why. This book follows suit and has its own morals to teach, but does so in such a hilarious manner. It seems like our kids really are censored, especially when you compare the stories they read now, to stories that were told LONG ago that were often created to teach kids lessons about the dangerous world they lived in. The three dinosaurs (LOVE the +1 special guest dino.hahaha) are devious and little Goldilocks is so naughty and careless. Even if you've come to love Mo Willems' writing like I have, you still won't be able to predict what happens next because the story has a life of its own. What I like most about this book is the snark. Rather, I think a really good book will ignite the momentum for their imaginations to keep rolling, while the story is going, but also long after it is over! I have to be careful saying that, because I don't want to indicate that there is anything missing. As an adult with a strong affection for good childrens' stories, I can't express enough how important it is to me that books encourage children to fill in the blanks with their imaginations. He just doesn't disappoint and he's such a fantastic storyteller and artist. What I love about this book most is that Mo Willems wrote it. If I didn't buy it for my kids, I'd probably have purchased it for myself. ![]() ” - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) From the Back Cover ![]() ” - Publishers Weekly (starred review) “With a sense of irony (and humor) as sharp as this dinosaur trio’s talons, Willems’s retelling is a sure bet for audiences who have moved beyond more gently witty fare.” - Publishers Weekly (starred review) Praise for HOORAY FOR AMANDA AND HER ALLIGATOR: “The pacing, word volume and wide trim size are all inviting and encouraging, bringing readers close to the cozy friendship between Amanda and her impatient stuffed friend. His books are simple, not simplistic they are clever, witty, various, and surprising.” - Boston Globe “Willems has delivered his very best work so far―this is a tasty treat for kids already fluent with the original, and for any fan of funny, and everybody will want to read it again and again and again.” - Booklist (starred review) Praise for HOORAY FOR AMANDA AND HER ALLIGATOR: “Amusing and heartwarming, it will leave Willems’s fans totally satisfied.” - School Library Journal (starred review) “On every page, the text winks broadly at readers, first pointing to and then playing with conventions of folklore, narrative voice, literary foreshadowing, and plain old common sense.” - Horn Book (starred review) “A hilariously fractured fairy tale….Top-notch for group storytime” - Kirkus Reviews Praise for HOORAY FOR AMANDA AND HER ALLIGATOR: “Six and a half short stories make up this expertly paced page-turner about a girl and her toy alligator, laced with the kid-centric humor on which Willems has built his career. ![]() Like Brown, Willems has his finger on the pulse of what interests children most. Readers of all ages will find much to chuckle about in this wacky retelling.” - School Library Journal (starred review) “Mo Willems is to our era what Margaret Wise Brown was a half century ago…. “This is pure Mo Willems, from the many visual gags in the cleanly drawn illustrations and the tight, tongue-in-cheek story line to the endpapers.
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