The Three Silly Billies

Three billy goats, unable to cross a bridge because they cannot pay the toll, form a car pool with the Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hood, and Jack of beanstalk fame to get past the rude Troll.

This book is about different characters from fairy tales wanting to cross a bridge, but a mean troll won't let them pass if they don't have a dollar to pay him. First the billy goats wanted to cross the bridge to go to the beach, but since they had no money, they decided to have their own pool

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party and wait for others who had money come by to help them. Then came the three bears, little red riding hood, and jack from the beanstalk who also didn't have enough money. So after combining their money, the billy goats helped everyone else cross the bridge by knocking the troll over into the water with water from the pool. Then the billy goats paid their dollar and crossed the bridge. At the end, when the troll tried to charge someone to cross the bridge, a giant had the troll for lunch.

I found this book to be cute and funny because of the combination of characters and stories forming a whole new story. The artwork was really good in stretching the imagination. The author did a good job in making the troll look ugly but not too scary.

This is a good book to read to a class if you're learning about fairy tales or if you want to make kids laugh. It is also a good book to read if a child in your class is being mean like the troll. It will teach them a lesson to not be so mean.

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This book is the marriage of fairy tales, mathematics, figurative language, and great storytelling. I was completely blown away by all this book had to offer. It was like a smorgasbord of eligible content all wrapped up in great writing. I could use this book in too many ways to count. If you don't

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see it, look harder. This book is a gold mine for teachers, and not just because so much was wedged into a single book. The real value here is that the story is good enough that the kids will be completely baited and hooked to do something with this. Give it a look. Build a lesson from it. Build a few lessons from it. This is a well of untapped potential.

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This book is by my all time favorite children's book author! I did not care for this book as much as I do her witch stories, but none the less it was entertaining. It was about three goats trying to pass over a bridge. The goats did not have enough money so they waited for more people with more

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money to join their group. Once they finally had enough money, the readers are able to see that the bridge the goats cross over is only a few feet long.

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Margie Palanti is a genius! Fractured fairy tales know no bounds when she brings her verve, her vibe, and her vibrancy to old tales, spinning out something new, something grand, and something entirely silly.

Fun word play. Background knowledge of classic nursery rhymes and fairy tales a must.