Goldilocks and the Three Bears / Robert Southey / Traditional Literature

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Author: Robert Southey

Illustrator: Arthur Rackham
Genre: Traditional Literature
Awards: N/A
Grade level: PK-1

The story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears has been told and retold for many years. This books tells the older and what is known as the original tale. It is a traditional folktale about a little girl named Goldilocks who finds a cottage in the woods. She decides to go explore inside the cottage, where she finds porridge, chairs, and even a bed that is just her size. She fell fast asleep in that comfy little bed, but was awoken when the three bears came home to find someone had been there uninvited when they were gone. When she woke up with the three bears around her she got out of bed, ran home, and never went back to the three bears home again.

The illustrations of this book are colorful and bright paintings by Arthur Rackham. There is gallery of old time original drawings within the book with is a real treat for not only children, but for adults who have grown up hearing this classic story.

Reading this book to children from preschool to first grade would be great because this is such a well-known story that has been passed on for many years and today's children deserve to hear it as well. Types of stories, such as fairy tales, are children's favorites because they create a world of adventure where anything can happen. This book will appeal to children of this age because it tells a story of Goldilocks who is around their age or a little older and that is what children this age want to read about.