Juxtaposes the traditional tale of the three bears' discovery that Goldilocks has been in their house eating their porridge and using their furniture with Goldilocks' side of the story.
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From School Library Journal
PreS-Gr 2--Two disappointing versions of familiar tales, designed to reinforce a message. The texts lack grace and imagination, relying instead on simplistic language, unevenly meted out in choppy sentences. Use of the first-person voice in the flip stories is awkward and deflates the action's impact. Goldilocks/Bears Should Share is the weaker of the two. Readers learn that little bear previously invited Goldilocks to visit his home, without informing his parents. When she explains her intrusive behavior, the cub lies, claiming he has never seen the girl. The clumsy conclusion serves only to muddy the traditional tale, while further confusing the moral issue. Tortoise/Friends At the End is more satisfying. The fable is repeated with accuracy and the accompanying story clarifies a simple message: one need not always win to have friends. Illustrations by two artists in each book result in a jarring diversity of styles from one half to the next. Goldilocks is first painted as a golden blonde, and then a strawberry blonde; the long-eared, slender hare in the traditional version is later replaced by a plump, fluffy bunny. Better to select distinguished picture books such as Janet Stevens's Tortoise and the Hare (Holiday, 1984) and Jan Brett's Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Putnam, 1990), and rely on youngsters to recognize the lessons within.
Sarabeth Kalajian, Venice Public Library, FL
Copyright 1996 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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That led me to give up writing, I thought, and go for my doctorate in education at the University of Pennsylvania. I did complete the doctorate and along the way hooked up with a major professor who brought me along in the writing of his new reading series. The Bookshops--60 paperback books for the primary grades--was my first success (big time!) and led to a long career writing readers and texts for the school market. I loved my career as a Director of Reading/Language Arts for the public schools of Greensboro, NC and Dallas, TX, and later Vice President of Education for World Book Encyclopedia. But my greatest joy--aside from my three children--came from the many children's books I authored.
Today, I am largely retired and am back once again, just where I started,writing novels. My newest novel Teacher Accused: When Homophobia Explodes in a Texas Town has just been published! And I feel all the excitement I used to feel way back when.
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My 2nd grade loved this book!,
By dtomikia@hotmail.com (Columbus, Ms USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Goldilocks and the Three Bears: Bears Should Share! (Another Point of View) (Paperback)
My second grade students loved this book. Children get tired of hearing the same old boring stories told over and over again. So, when I said that I had found a different version of the story, they were all ears. They laughed, but i still think that they liked the original better....
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