Variations on Favorite Stories

"Three bears return from a walk and find a little girl asleep in baby bear's bed."

"A little girl walking in the woods finds the house of the three bears and helps herself to their belongings. Back cover has recipe for Mama Bear's porridge cookies."

Discover the magic of Goldilocks and the Three Bears in this petite edition of the classic fairytale, created especially for little readers with just a handful of words and bright, enchanting illustrations.

"An urban retelling of the classic Goldilocks and the Three Bears story, told from the baby bear's perspective."

"In this variation on the classic folktale, a rhyming, rope-skipping, little girl rudely helps herself to the belongings of a genteel family of bears."

"Retells the story of Goldilocks, set in an Inuit village and featuring a family of polar bears."

Lost in the woods, a tired and hungry girl finds the house of the three bears where she helps herself to food and goes to sleep.

A charming retelling of this classic.

Lost in the woods, a tired and hungry little girl finds the house of the three bears where she helps herself to food and goes to sleep.

This familiar nursery tale features a warmly appealing bear family and a naughty, gap-toothed Goldilocks.

"After finding the bears' cottage in the woods and making a mess inside, Goldilocks helps the family clean up and enjoys a nice meal."

"A little girl wanders by the home of three bears and seeing no one at home goes inside, helps herself to food, and falls asleep."

A little girl walking in the woods finds the house of the three bears and helps herself to their belongings.

"Presents a traditional retelling of the "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" fairy tale as well as six variations on the classic story."

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As a narrator begins telling the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Papa develops Page Fright, is unable to say his lines, and runs away through other books."

Someone has eaten the three bears' gingerbread cookies. Someone has sat in their chairs and slept in their chairs and slept in their beds! Could the intruder have been Santa?

The grown-up Goldilocks is so wracked with guilt about breaking into the three bears' house that she shortens her name, pins up her curls, and opens a lock shop. To help the bears, she stocks their pantry, fixes the furniture, and installs a lock on the front door. She's delighted with the results, but the bears will need another 50 years to recover.

"Little Bear, all grown up, finds himself lost in a noisy, busy city where he happens to bump into someone with golden hair who remembers exactly how he likes his porridge."

"Tacky the penguin and his friends perform a play for the little penguins in Mrs. Beakly's class, but with Tacky in the lead role, things do not go exactly as planned."

"When Goldilocks, running from the three bears, falls down a rabbit hole and hurts her foot, a family of hares tries to help but she proves to be a very loud, demanding, and tenacious guest."

"An African American retelling of Goldilocks and the three bears."

"In this story, loosely based on that of Goldilocks, Goldie, who has yet to find a friend to "love with all her heart," makes an unplanned visit to the house of some bears."

"Goldilocks, ignoring her father's warning not to rush in where she does not belong, enters a cabin in the woods, cleans it to meet her standards, plucks from the porridge items unappealing to her before eating a bowlful, and falls asleep on the bed that suits her best."

"Once upon a time, there were three hungry Dinosaurs: Papa Dinosaur, Mama Dinosaur . . . and a Dinosaur who happened to be visiting from Norway. One day--for no particular reason--they decided to tidy up their house, make the beds, and prepare pudding of varying temperatures. And then--for no particular reason--they decided to go . . . someplace else. They were definitely not setting a trap for some succulent, unsupervised little girl. Definitely not!"

A retelling of the classic tale on p. 202

A retelling of the familiar tale on p. 36

The Three Bears retold on p.55

A "politically correct" retelling of Goldilocks on p. 39

Arthur, D.W., and their friends bring a touch of their own personalities and senses of humor to this sprightly retelling of Goldilocks and the Three Bears on p.22

"Humorous retellings in verse of six well-known fairy tales featuring surprise endings in place of the traditional happily-ever-after." Goldilocks and the Three Bears begins on p. 24.

"An illustrated collection of children's songs, fairy tales, and poems." The unique retelling of Goldilocks and the Three Bears begins on page 37.