Monday, February 22, 2010

Yours Truly, Goldilocks by Leslie Tryon

This is a fractured fairytale for middle elementary readers. The story is told through pictures and letters written by Goldilocks, the Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding hood, Peter Rabbit, and the two villains, the wolves. This is a fun story because it will introduce readers to a new way to tell stories (through letters and illustrations). Fractured fairy tales are usually well-liked by children because they are familiar yet different and usually funny, and this book is no exception.
Another merit of the book is that the illustrations are detailed and do a great job developing the characters and telling the story. The main event in the story, when the party-goers are attacked by the wolves on their way home from the Three Pigs party, is told through two pictures and further explained in later letters. This is a clever way of using pictures to tell a story as well as getting readers to really look at what is happening in the pictures in order to understand what is going on.

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