The Three Billy Goats Gruff

by Public Domain, Stephen Carpenter (Illustrator)

Overview

This classic story is a favorite with toddlers, who will cheer on the three clever billy goats who outsmart a mean troll. With plenty of repetition, this adventure is perfect for reading aloud and for joining in, and a satisfying ending provides a reassuring touch.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780694010332
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	06/04/1998
Series:	Growing Tree Series
Pages:	24
Sales rank:	179,217
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.06(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

public domain in law, legal availability for public use, free of charge, of materials, processes, devices, skills, and plans that are not protected by copyright or patent, including those on which copyright or patent has lapsed.
source: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright © 2001-05 Columbia University Press.

Stephen Carpenter has illustrated many books, including Olive You!, Jingle Jokes, The Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel Board Book and the picture book The Three Billy Goats Gruff. He lives with his wife and son in Shawnee Mission, Kansas.

Editorial Reviews

In the Once Upon a Time series, a trio of classic tales present heroic threesomes in titles adapted by Raina Moore and illustrated by Thea Kliros: Three Billy Goats Gruff; Three Little Pigs; and The Three Bears. The three goats outwit the ugly old troll, the three pigs send the wolf howling and the three bears frighten away Goldilocks (though in this version, they ask her to come back and play) in pale pastel watercolors. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Publishers Weekly

PreS-These board books offer up sweetened versions of popular nursery tales. In Three Bears, a very young and innocent-looking Goldilocks intrudes upon the bears' house in the usual fashion, but when she runs away, Baby Bear shouts after her to come back and play. The little girl accepts his invitation, and "From that day forward- was always welcome in the Bears' home." In Billy Goats, the three animals walk on their hind legs over a bridge guarded by a green-faced, yellow-toothed troll with hairy warts. He looks only mildly frightening as he threatens to gobble each of them up, and readers are spared the gory detail of the original when the biggest Gruff butts the ugly goblin into the river. In a straightforward retelling of The Three Pigs, the wolf wreaks his usual havoc, except that the straw and stick dwellers are spared being eaten, and he suffers only a scorched tail in the end. Serviceable illustrations with soft edges and muted colors accompany the texts. Because of their sturdy construction and small format, these books might be useful introductions to these timeless tales for the youngest listeners.-Melinda Piehler, North Tonawanda Public Library, NY Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

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