

THE STORY OF GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS FULL
It’s full of over 25,000 books, learning videos, quizzes and more for kids 12 and under…and it’s free for educators. Epic! is one of our favorite online libraries. Over the years we’ve also discovered some helpful tools for connecting kids and books.ĭigital libraries are one very handy way to do this. We want to make it easy for you to find great books your kids will love. That’s why we share so many books lists on Fantastic Fun and Learning. The best way to encourage a love of reading is to provide kids with many opportunities to engage with a wide variety of books that are of interest to them. Below is a list of books that tell the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears in their own unique way. There are great lessons in this story that all kids can learn from and the tale is told in many different ways and styles. Goldilocks and the Three Bears is a classic story that kids of all ages love. The Story of the Three Bears: The Evolution of an International Classic edited by Warren U.Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Pinterest Share on Email.The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales edited by Maria Tatar.The Classic Fairy Tales by Iona and Peter Opie.Ober (only available to read in-person at the Osborne Collection and Toronto Reference Library) The Story of the Three Bears: The Evolution of an International Classic edited by Warren U.Her quest for views and likes goes too far when she sneaks into the Bears' home for video content. Their Goldilocks is an online video star. #Goldilocks: A Hashtag Cautionary Tale (2019) by Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross uses the story to teach internet safety. Pizzoli's version focuses on the story's moral message about good manners, while also exploring Ghanaian culture and traditions. Instead of intruding on bears, he sneaks into the house of family friends. The Ghanaian Goldilocks (2014) by Tamara Pizzoli features Kofi, a little boy nicknamed Goldilocks. In this version, Goldilocks breaks a "pint-sized" mid-century modern chair. Goldilocks and the Three Bears: A Tale Moderne (2000) by Steven Guarnaccia combines the classic fairy tale with modernist art and design. The Bears have been portrayed as dinosaurs, panda bears, polar bears, rhinos and everything in between. The Three Bears continues to be reimagined by writers and illustrators. Now the story is sometimes simply titled Goldilocks without any mention of The Three Bears. Popular fairy tale collections like Flora Annie Steel's English Fairy Tales (1918) used the Goldilocks name.

In the 20th century, Goldilocks became the character's standard name. The Three Bears confront Goldilocks in English Fairy Tales (1918). Mure's The Story of Three Bears (1831) (see digitized book or records for our physical copies) is told in verse and illustrated with original watercolours. The story is set at Cecil Lodge, the Mure family estate in Hertfordshire, England. Osborne Collection has Mure’s original manuscript, a handmade book created as a gift for her nephew Horace Broke. Eleanor Mure’s manuscriptĮleanor Mure wrote the first recorded version of The Three Bears story in 1831. Our Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books has materials which reveal the history of The Three Bears story.

Over the decades, the story has changed and grown into the tale we know today. The Three Bears started as an oral tale and was first written down almost 200 years ago. But, did you know that the housebreaker was originally an old woman, not a little girl named Goldilocks? Or, that the first Three Bears were friends instead of Mama Bear, Papa Bear and Baby Bear? She samples food and breaks furniture before being sent on her way.

A troublesome interloper breaks into the home of three bears. The story of the Three Bears is a familiar one.
