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Goldilocks and the Three Crocodiles

by Michael Rosen, illustrated by David Melling

Interest age: 6 to 8
Reading age: 7+

Published by Harper Collins, 2022

  • Funny
  • Picture books
  • Poetry and rhyme

About this book

A classic fairy tale is reimagined in this brilliantly funny, rhyming picture book, written by former Children’s Laureate Michael Rosen. Goldilocks and her dog Tiddles set off through a dark wood to find that house – the one with the chairs, porridge, beds and three bears. But instead of a bears’ house, Goldilocks and Tiddles are lured by the song of the sea onto a beach, where they find a big cave. Inside the cave, there are fish chairs and shell beds and bowls of seaweed which the pair (of course) must try out. However, it isn’t long until three green, scaly creatures take notice…

Children who are familiar with the original fairy tale Goldilocks and the Three Bears will delight in being able to anticipate the predictable elements of the story. But the original tale has been enhanced by Michael Rosen’s wonderful rhyme and repetitive text, and combined with David Melling’s warm and expressive illustrations. Not only this but Goldilocks herself has been given a restyle – this dungaree-wearing Goldilocks is a little more daring, a little less neat and, best of all, she has a very cute canine companion!

About the author

Michael Rosen is one of Britain’s best loved writers and performance poets for children and adults. His first degree in English Literature and Language was from Wadham College, Oxford and he went on to study for an MA at the University of Reading and a PhD at the former University of North London, now London Metropolitan.

He is currently Professor of Children’s Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London where he co-devised and teaches critical approaches to reading on an MA in Children’s Literature, having done the same at Birkbeck, University of London. He has taught on MA courses in universities since 1994.

He was the Children’s Laureate from 2007 to 2009 and has published over 200 books for children and adults, including the recent bestseller Many Different Kinds of Love and On The Move.

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