Have you ever heard the story of Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs? Yes, you heard right - DINOSAURS. A hugely entertaining and riotous re-telling of a classic fairy tale from one of the most original and funny voices in children's books today. One day, purely on a whim, they decided to tidy up their house nice and neat, m.
a Dinosaur who happened to be visiting from Norway. Once upon a time, there were three hungry dinosaurs: Papa Dinosaur, Mama Dinosaur and. Hope you have happy days, too.A hugely entertaining and riotous re-telling of a classic fairy tale from one of the most original and funny voices in children's books today.
It’s a happy day when a new Mo Willems comes into the house. The Elephant and Piggie books are wonderful for beginner readers, and for picture book fans, there’s the delightful Knuffle Bunny trilogy. If you are new to Willems, do check out a few books. If you are already a fan, check out this latest venture. I don’t think we’ve ever read a book of his that we did not love. I cannot recommend Mo Willems highly enough. Also sly are several guest appearances of Willems’s Pigeon, who somehow manages to steal the scene even if he his half-hidden.Īnd because we’ve read several of James Marshall’s fairy tales, we (“we”) were able to spot right away the homage to Marshall in the font used for Goldilocks. My kids delighted in the wry humour and the sly references to the chocolate-filled kid that the dinosaurs were looking forward to eating. He aims his humour at kids and at adults, and provides not one, but TWO morals of the story. The more you can ham this stuff up, the better. The three Dinosaurs went Someplace Else and were definitely not hiding in the woods waiting for an unsuspecting kid to come by. One day for no particular reason, the three Dinosaurs made up their beds, positioned their chairs just so, and cooked three bowls of delicious chocolate pudding at varying temperatures. He pokes fun at the absurd premises of the story:
Well, now we’ve got a Mo Willems volume to add to our collection of funny spin-offs, and it’s fabulous. We read ’em all, and compare and contrast tellings and illustrators’ styles and language and quality.Įven more fun is following them up with a fractured version of the canon: The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig is a particular favourite. I have written before about how in these parts, we check out a stack of the same fairy tale from the library each week, each book with a different telling and illustrator. More rejoicing!! It’s a fractured fairy tale!! Rejoice! There is a new Mo Willems book out.
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