This charming series retells classic fairy tales with bright illustrations and a clever tone. The stories in the Classic Fairy Tales series have been adapted for children today while respecting the richness and flavor of the original versions. The small size of the books and their warm, inviting illustrations will appeal to children. In addition, children will love the game page at the end of each book, and they will want to read all the books in the series.
This book is part of a book series called Abbeville Classic Fairy Tales .
There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 1998 by Abbeville Press Inc. , U. S. .
Charlotte Roederer has illustrated more than seven childrens books, including Abbevilles Goldilocks and the Three Bears, also in the Classic Fairy Tales series. In 1996 she was on the judging committee for the Jerome Main Prize for childrens illustrations. She lives in France.
This book contains the following story:
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Father Bear, Mother Bear and Baby Bear live in cottage in the woods. One morning Mother Bear makes porridge for breakfast but it is so hot that the bears decide to go for a pre-breakfast walk. Whilst they are out a little girl with golden hair goes into their cottage. Goldilocks sees the three bowls of porridge and eats up the small one. Then she tries the three chairs in turn, but is too big for Baby Bear's chair and smashes it. Feeling like a nap she looks for a nice bed to sleep in and finds that Baby Bear's bed is just right. When the bears return Goldilocks is fast asleep. What will the bears do to their burglar?
