Redlocks and the Three Bears

Description

The Three Bears know that something is amiss when Little Red Riding Hood knocks on their door instead of Goldilocks. Still, much unfolds as per usual: porridge is eaten, a chair is broken, and there is a girl asleep in Baby Bear's bed. Maybe Little Red fits in this book after all. Unfortunately, The Wolf is close behind her! But sometimes wolves aren't quite as big and bad as you'd expect them to be. (That still doesn't mean they can stay in your house.) Sure to be read side-by-side with mash-up classics like Jon Scieszka's The True Story of the Three Little Pigs and David Wiesner's The Three Pigs, Claudia Rueda's newest picture book, Goldilocks?, offers readers a fresh perspective on the story of Goldilocks and The Three Bears.

Claudia Rueda is the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of more than twenty children's books, translated into more than ten languages. After attending law school and art school in her native Colombia, Claudia moved to San Francisco where she continued her art studies and began her career in picture book writing and illustration. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Lesley University and now lives in Bogota, Colombia. Her work has been selected twice for the NYC Society of Illustrators' Original Art Show and one of her books received an Oppenheim Platinum Award. She's also a Hans Christian Andersen Award candidate.

"Rueda . . . embraces the art of storytelling with ornamentation on otherwise all-text pages reminiscent of early illustrated books. Her textured colored-pencil pictures featuring friendly, rotund characters in spare but warm surroundings lend an air of coziness to this clever tale. A handwritten scrap of paper containing 'Mama's Porridge secret recipe' appears on the back endpapers for any hungry little (wolf) readers out there."-The Horn Book Magazine "Softly rounded pencil illustrations catch the eye with luminous blends of colors and delicate lines, while attractive typesetting and decorative borders lend a storybook aesthetic to the pages. The uncomplicated prose makes for an appealing read-aloud, and positive themes of empathy and understanding will resonate with audiences of all ages."--School Library Journal "Soft, overlapping strokes of colored pencils define the rounded forms of the characters, the curving shapes of their surroundings, and the delicate drawings framing the text. From the tone of the text to the look of the art, there's a gentle quality to this pastiche that gives it considerable child-appeal. An amusing choice for kids who know their nursery tales."-Booklist "The book starts with just the right amount of sweetness and snark, with the affectionate, adorable bear family counterbalanced by the chaotic (though just as adorable) whirlwind of Little Red. . . . The filigree-like framing of the text underscores the fairy tale feel here, and the delicate hatching and muted tones of the colored pencil art keep the illustrations gentle but focused. . . ."-The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "Rueda's punchy, economical narrative and the clear typeface put this within reach of new readers. The gentle twist and metafictive conceit will serve as a conversation starter and may inspire other sendups and blendings of nursery plotlines and characters. An amusing and lighthearted introduction to metafiction."-Kirkus Reviews "This is not one of those meta-mash-up fairy tales that traffics in big nudges and broad visuals: Rueda's (Bunny Overboard) understated, matter-of-fact text is set in filigreed frames to evoke the classic fairy tale volume, while her ovoid characters' shenanigans are rendered in spare, delicately textured colored pencil drawings, making for a first-rate addition to the genre."-Publishers Weekly