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PreS-Gr 3–This zany addition to the fractured-fairy-tale canon features a yellow-haired Goldilocks in a pink dress and three dinosaurs–Papa, Mama, and “some other Dinosaur who happened to be visiting from Norway.”  Arising one morning, the dinosaurs cook their chocolate pudding “at varying temperatures” and intentionally leave the pudding bowls out to lure “a little succulent child” into their home. Goldilocks, being a heedless little girl who “never listened to warnings about the dangers of barging into strange, enorm...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

"Once upon a time, there were three Dinosaurs: Papa Dinosaur, Mama Dinosaur, and some other Dinosaur who happened to be visiting from Norway." Rather than being dupes like those folkloric bears, these three are calculating, methodical -- and hungry. Their plan is to lure Goldilocks into their home, entice her with chocolate pudding, then swoop in for a snack of "delicious chocolate-filled-little-girl-bonbons" while she snoozes on one of their comfy beds. She falls for it at first, but the dinosaurs, in their over-eag...Log In or Sign Up to Read More