The Three Bears

This story is about a family of bears that were about to eat but the meal was way to hot, so they went for a walk. When they were gone Goldilocks came into their house, and ate all the baby's food but she tried all of theirs. Then she went to sit down and messed up all their chairs, and even broke

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the baby's chair. Next, she went to take a nap but the only bed she like was the baby after she had tried them all. The bears got back to find she asleep with their house a wreck. When she woke up she ran away and no one saw her again. I would read this book to my students as fun break in the class.

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Chosen for a Read Aloud by my mentor teacher, this is an interesting version of the fairy tale. It follows the traditional script pretty well but ignores the idea that there is a Papa, Mama and Baby Bear, calling them "big," "middle-sized" and "little, wee," instead. It also omits Goldilocks' name

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from the title, and focuses more on the lives of the bears than on what Goldilocks does. An interesting introduction to a well-known tale.

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Paul Galdone’s The Three Bears is an amusing retelling of the Goldilocks story from the perspective of the eponymous three bears. In Galdone’s version of the story, the bears are kind, good-natured creatures; Goldilocks, on the other hand, is a self-absorbed, trespassing brat who has no respect

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for anyone else’s property, human or otherwise. A clever device that Galdone uses in the text is the creative use of font size: the Little Wee Bear’s descriptions are matched with a little font, the Middle-Sized Bear with a middle-sized font, and the Great Big Bear with a large font. Apart from the shift in perspective, Galdone stays fairly faithful to the original source material; clearly, this book is intended as a supplemental story for children to read after they’ve already become familiar with the traditional Goldilocks tale.

Citation:
Galdone, Paul. The Three Bears. New York: Clarion, 1972. Print.

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Galdone switches the story to be from the bears' perspective. Their porridge is too hot, so they leave the house to give it time to cool. Bratty little Goldilocks shows up, and eats their porridge, breaks their chair, and so on. The bears come home, sort through all the new mysteries in their

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house, leading them to Goldilocks, who runs off, never to be seen again. The three different size bears even get three different size fonts-- fun for voicing the characters. This book would be great to use with other versions to talk about what authors can do to make a story their own.

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Bears point of view of the traditional fairy tale. They leave to let the porridge cool, while goldilocks comes in and tries their porridge, chairs, beds, with the wee little bears being the right fit consistently. Finally the bears come back and catch goldilocks in action!

This would be a great book to have in a kindergarten or first grade class. The pictures are lively, and the text is simple so a young reader would feel confident selecting this book. This book does not have "mama, papa, or baby bear" which is actually a really good thing. The book names the bears

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"Big, middle, and small". This is a really good thing because children come from diverse families and this book does not put emphasis on the stereotypical idea of what a family is. This would be a good book to have for young students to read during independent reading time, because it has farely easy text and the pictures match the text extremely well.

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I love traditional literature. Sharing a story with a child that was one of your favorites helps create wonderful memories. This story is a great example. I remember reading it over and over and over.

The Three Bears are ready to eat breakfast, but their porridge is too hot. While it cools the bears

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go for a walk. Goldilocks visits while they are gone tasting the bears porridge; she eats all of the little bears, she also sits in each of the bears chairs and breaks the little bear's chair, and she tries out all the bear's beds settling in comfortably in the little bears bed. Then the bears return.

When Goldilocks wakes up and finds the bears staring at her, she runs out of the house screaming. No one saw her after that.

After reading the story students can bring their favorite stories to school and take turns sharing them with the other students.

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This is a book about 3 Bears, a momma, a papa, and a baby bear. One morning they woke up and made some porridge for breakfast, only it was to hot to eat so they decided to go for a walk in the woods while it cooled off. While they were gone a little girl name Goldilocks knocked on their door when

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no one anwsered she went in, she was hungry so she tried each of the bowls of porridge. Then she sat in each of the bears chairs, then she got tired and went upstairs to rest and layed in each of the bears beds. She fell asleep in the baby bear's bed, then the 3 bears returned home to find their porridge had been eaten, their chairs had been sat in, and she was asleep in the baby bears bed. When they awoke her she was so scared she ran out the house and never returned.

This is a classic, I remember reading it when I was a child. The children loved hearing this story over and over.

You could make porridge and let the kids sample it, you could act out the story with puppets or let the children act it out. Also you could let the kids feel the difference between hard and soft and cold and hot.

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A great story to read to children about the 3 little bears. This story can teach students not to touch and dig into peoples things and to respect their privacy.

This book is painfully politically correct. No Daddy and Mommy, just Big and Medium sized bear. While I get (and support) what they're going for, it feels very heavy-handed. It also adds bulk to the story. I got it for my two and a half year old, and there were just too many WORDS on each page --

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she lost the story in all the description.

Also, Goldy is seriously creepy-looking.

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The Three Bears by Paul Galdone is the classic tale refreshed with the illustrations of Galdone. The text generally keeps to the classic version with the main change being the the bears are differentiated by size and are not referred to as a family. Text size is varied according to which bear is

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speaking.

The illustrations are simple and effective. There are fun touches such as the little bear always having his teddy bear nearby. Humor is added by showing the Great Big Bear reading a small sized book with glasses on and the middle sized bear covering its ears as the Great Big Bear snores in bed. Goldilocks is portrayed as curious with big eyes and missing a tooth. Galdone has fun showing the size of the spoons and the chairs, as Goldilocks has to clinb into the largest chair.

This version is appropriate for storytime with pictures large enough for a group to see. The theme of leaving others possessions alone is well portrayed. The story could be expanded by comparing other versions. Recommended for school and public library collections.

For ages 3 to 6, read-aloud, folktales, respect themes, and for fans of Paul Galdone.

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Goldilocks stumbles upon an empty house in the woods where she discovers three different sizes of porridge, chairs, and beds. She tries each size of the porridge, chairs and beds, she falls asleep in bed the a family of bears comes home to find her in their bed, she wakes up afraid and runs away. I

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like this book because it was one that I heard often when I was young, also the plot builds suspense while she tries each different thing and while you wonder if she will get caught. I think one extension you could do with book would be to act it out after you read it, that way the students can really get into it.

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There were Three Bears who lived in the woods. There was a Little Wee Bear, a Middle-sized Bear, and a Great Big Bear. They each had a bowl for their porridge, a chair, and a bed that matched their size. One morning they made porridge for breakfast but it was too hot. They left it out to cool while

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they went on a walk. A little girl named Goldilocks came to their house. She entered their house and ate their porridge. She sat in their chairs and even broke one. She slept in their beds. When the Three Bears returned, they noticed that someone had eaten their porridge, sat in their chairs, and lying in their beds. Little Wee Bear found Goldilocks in his bed! She ran away as fast as she could and the Three Bears never saw her again.

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I liked this book for a few reasons. First the writing in the book was engaging because each of the bears had a different sizes of the writing throughout the book. As each individual bear was being described in the story the size of the text in the book would change depending on which bear it was.

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Another thing is that the illustrations fit the mood of the story because the bears are portrayed as a family and Goldilocks is drawn a mischievous child for her character. The book was made for children to read classic literature and start to learn to read with similar lines throughout the book.

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