Bear and the Three Goldilocks
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Bear and the Three Goldilocks

by Patrick Horne
Illustrator(s): Dan Yaccarino
Hardcover | Pages: 40
Size: 8 x 10 | USD: $18.99
ISBN: 9780823455522
Publication Date: July 1, 2025
Age: 4-8
Themes: Animals/Fiction, Fairy Tales & Fables, Fractured Fairy Tales, Humor

About the Book

You’ll laugh out loud at this funny fractured folktale with pictures by a popular artist!

The Goldilocks family leave their campsite to go on a hike while their s’mores cool off . . . when along comes Bear.

“What’s that yummy smell?” Bear wonders. S’mores, of course: too gooey, too chocolatey . . . and just right! Bear eats them all.

Bear continues to wreak havoc by breaking a chair, smashing musical instruments, and extinguishing the fire. When the Goldilocks return, they are flabbergasted. They try to make a lot of noise to shoo away the bear . . .  when Mama Bear and Papa Bear show up. Mama and Papa apologize profusely for the behavior of their naughty offspring, but the Goldilocks don’t speak “Bear.” They just hear a lot of LOUD GROWLING. So they decide to hightail it out of there, and the Bear family gets to enjoy the tents and snacks that are left behind.

This hilarious story, a perfect readaloud, and its hilarious pictures will delight children and parents alike.

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
★★★THE REVIEWS ARE IN!★★★
Deadpan prose from debut author Horne is a deliciously mischievous match for flat colors and crisp graphic shapes from Yaccarino.
—Publishers Weekly