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40 pp.
| Candlewick |
February, 2010 |
TradeISBN 978-0-7636-4680-6$14.99
(3)
K-3
This lush large-format book offers a skilled and humorous retelling of the familiar tale. Almost every surface in the bears' house is covered with a pattern: leaves, flowers, checks, and more. The decorative designs create an inviting setting for the mischief of the opinionated Goldilocks, who, for example, delivers this criticism of Mommy Bear's bed: "It's so stiflingly smotheringly, suffocatingly soft!"