while asleep, the bear family returned and she was frightened, leaped up and ran out of the house. After eating she tried sitting on the chairs but brake the little chair, and in trying to sleep, she found the small baby bed to be suitable for her. First she tasted the one in the big bowl and found it to be too hot, then she tried the one in the middle size bowl and it was too cold, but found the one in the small bowl just right for her to eat. Hungry as she was, she got into the house and settled to eat the porridge which she found lined up in three bowls. The porridge according to the story was left behind by a family of three bears - the Papa Bear, the Mama Bear and the Little Bear. She peeked in the window and found that there was porridge on the table and it smelled good. Goldilocks, a little girl walking in the woods found a house and was curious to know those who lived in it. However, this version is attractive and an interesting spin on the story from the bears' perspective, and will be of interest to those who love the tale, like to read its variants, and enjoy detailed illustrations.įor ages 3 and up, Goldilocks variants, detailed illustrations, bears, Renaissance style art, and fans of Gennady Spirin. Without that moral it lacks something crucial in my opinion. I also miss the emphasis of the moral of not breaking into people's houses and taking what doesn't belong to you. I find a couple of the facial expressions of Goldilocks to not match the story: her delighted look as the chair breaks, and her look of mirth as she flees the three bears seem wrong to me. There are many decorative flourishes in addition to the detailed illustrations. I appreciate the mastery of the art, done in watercolor and colored pencil. The final sentence reads: "And that's the end of the story!" She is discovered by the bears and flees. Young Goldilocks enters the house via a window. This is a simplified retelling of the tale, with more emphasis on the art and less on the moral of the story. Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Gennady Spirin takes the tale of Goldilocks and transports it to a Renaissance setting with appropriate costumes and furniture. Overall this story was very well written and even though there are many different versions of this book you still can see the comparisons in each book but just in a different way The illastartor uses a double page spread and has a jacket flap. The pages are painted with water color, pen and some ink. The pictures in the story are bright and bring out the charchters making it the main focus of the page. In this book you will find that the bears were dressed in renaissance costumes. When the bears returned they found there house turned upside down and found Goldilocks sleeping in the bed. As the story progresses Goldilocks was very tired and found the bed that was just write for her. She started to peek through the windows out of courtesy of what may be in there and that's when she found porridge sitting on the table in three bowls.Īs she made her way into the home besides finding the porridge on the table she found 3 chairs that were different sizes along with 3 different size beds. While they were gone Goldilocks was also in the woods hungry and came across the bears house. So, they decided to go for a walk in the woods. The main idea of the story was that the three bears made porridge and realized that it was two hot for them. This story was basically about 3 bears (Mama,Papa and baby bear)and Goldilocks. This story is the real and very traditional fairy tale of the Goldilocks and the three bears. Goldilocks is beautiful, and unafraid when the bears discover her in baby bear's bed. With lush illustrations, Spirin paints the bears in a royal fashion. This book written and illustrated by Gennady Spirin includes the young blond girl and the Papa, Mama and baby bears. It was in 1904 when a publication titled Old Nursery Stories and Rhymes, illustrated by John Hassall that we finally have the well known tale we know today. This was found in a book titled Cundall's Treasure of Pleasure Books for Children. The title of this publication is Scapefoot.įast forward to 1849 when the tale called Silver Hair included a young girl as the interloper. There are also early versions wherein a fox is the character who breaks into the home of the bears and he drinks milk instead of eating porridge. Yet another story discovered in 1837 in a collection by a man named Robert Southey also has an elder woman as the intruder. Different from the version we know today, it is an old woman who is the trespasser into the home of the three bears. While there were many versions of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, it wasn't until 1831 when a handwritten copy was discovered noting the author as Eleanor Mure. As chronicled by Gennady Spirin in the back of the book, this tale has an amazing history.
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