Beware of the Bears!
Although plenty of takeoffs on "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" exist, this tit-for-tat version is lots of silly fun. It begins after naughty Goldilocks has eaten the porridge, broken the chairs, slept on the beds, and left. When Baby Bear spies Goldilocks entering a cottage in the woods, the bear family decides to give Goldy a little of her own medicine. After she leaves the cottage, they enter, making themselves at home and deliberately leaving a terrible mess. Imagine their surprise when Goldilocks returns, finds them, and informs them, "This isn't my house. . . . I only came back because I left my teddy bear." The identity of the real owner of the house is a delightful and appropriate surprise. The pictures are colorful, joyful, and messy--perfectly depicting the glorious havoc left by the uninvited guests.
Age: above 4 years | Size: 230 x 265 mm | Pages: 32 p
Author: Alan MacDonald| Publisher: Little Tiger Press | ISBN/EAN: 1845060687
Charlie and Tess
Orphaned in a snowstorm during lambing season, a lamb is taken in by a farmer's family. The family names the newcomer Charlie and feeds him from a bottle; but their sheepdog, Tess, assumes the primary roles of caretaker and best friend. As Charlie grows under Tess's tutelage, the farmer's wife casually wonders if he is "turning into a dog." In town, he wears a collar and leash while carrying a newspaper with his teeth; in the field, he persists in herding the other sheep. And, indeed, when winter strikes with an early storm, it is Charlie who saves the flock-racing back and forth, baaing, butting the sheep and "pulling at their woolly coats with his teeth." First-time author Hall's homey text rolls out evenly and swiftly, while Walters's (The Dog Who Found Christmas) plays up the similarities between Tess and Charlie by casting the dog as a border collie, black and white just like the lamb. Her tidy and sentimental illustrations gather readers into a contented romance of countryside.
Age: above 4 years | Size: 230 x 265 mm | Pages: 32 p
Author: Martin Hall | Publisher: Little Tiger Press | ISBN/EAN: 1845060644
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