
Versions, the small, wee bear became Baby Bear, the middle-sized bearīecame Mother Bear, and the great, huge bear became Father Bear or Papa Use of the name Goldilocks seems to have been in Old Nursery StoriesĪnd Rhymes, illustrated by John Hassall (1904) Elements from many of In 1858, in Aunt Mavor's nursery Tales, the intruder isĬaller "Silver -Locks." Joseph Jacobs, who retold the story in MoreĮnglish Fairy Tales (1894) substituted a fox as the intruder. Silver-Hair remains the name of the girl in many retellings even to That he did that because there were so many other stories of old women. (1850), an intruder was a little girl named Silver-Hair. Retold the tale in his Treasury of Pleasure Books for Young Children With: "The three bears never saw anything more of her." Joseph Cundallĭeemed the old woman an unsatisfactory element in the tale, so when he

The window, and then she peeped in at the keyhole." the story ends Not have been a good honest old woman for the first she looked in at Talked about a "little old woman" who came to the house and who "could In 1837, a Robert Southey retold a story ofĪ small, wee bear, a middle-sized bear, and a great, huge bear. Young audience, an earlier version of the story was somewhat differentįrom subsequent retellings. Although this tale is retold from classic fare for a Witty text and McClintock's illustrations detailed pen and watercolor Timeless fairy tale is given a new perspective through Aylesworth's Stimulate the collection of other literary recipes (see the recipe inĪylesworth book for "Mama Bear's Porridge Cookies" ) for a class There is a web site associated with thatĮdition at Be sure to check out the recipes. This tale was originally published in England byĮgmont Books in London. Letter writing and correlate with the reading of other folktales whoseĬharacters are also part of this story. Traditional tale (and the more traditional retellings) try these tales. After students are completely familiar with the This is what comes of using familiar characters in new - usually

Make a three-dimensional map of the bears' home setting, the woods, Goldilock's home, etc.HarperCollins, 2003 - a contemporary and fractured setting "The Three Bears." In Tomie dePaola's Favorite Nursery Tales. Version to read after children are totally familiar with traditional Of the basic scenes in the story and have put the story and itsĬharacters in a more contemporary setting. Retellers have created a fractured version of the tale - changing some Discuss how each author's inclusion ofĭetails about characters or scenes change the tale in some way.

Use these tales to outline or layout the story grammar Illustrations) of "The Three Bears" story, discuss the similarities andĭifferences. After examining several retellings (with.Illustrated by Barbara McClintock (Scholastic, 2003)Īylesworth, Jim, reteller.
