Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Tapa dura

""At once antique and immediate, this Goldilocks will sassily invite herself onto library shelves everywhere."" -School Library Journal

* "Aylesworth turns the traditional, all-in-fun nursery tale into a coy lesson -- save for the pictures -- in doing as mother says. McClintock is ideally suited, of course, to illustrating the core of the story: her characterization of the Three Bears is on a par with the animal portrayals of Wallace Tripp, for one distinguished example, and her dramatic, humorous staging of familiar scenes gives new life to the Goldilocks/Three Bears face-off. Would that that were, indeed, the whole story." -- The Horn Book, starred review

* "Another excellent rendition of a favorite folktale....At once antique and immediate, this Goldilocks will sassily invite herself onto library shelves everywhere." -- School Library Journal, starred

* "A conversational voice, delightfully fussy pictures and a recipe for 'Mama Bear's Porridge Cookies' make for a satisfying nursery story." -- Publishers Weekly, starred reviews
"...traditional but never dull retelling of a classic...A conversational voice, delightfully fussy pictures...make for a satisfying nursery story" -Publishers Weekly

"Once upon a time, there lived a little girl named Goldilocks, who was very, very good, except that sometimes she forgot to do things that her mother told her to do. Yes she did... "

But worse is when she forget's not to do what she is told not to do. For sometimes that can lead to much more serious trouble....like what happened the day of this story. McClintock's art, that is reminscent of 19th Century children's book art, perfectly compliments Aylesworth's playful, original, and very involving rendition of the classic Three Bears story.