Synopses & Reviews
In this spirited new version of "Goldilocks," we meet a determined heroine with a mind of her own. Goldie knows exactly what she likes -- and what she doesn't. Can she help it if everyone she invites over is too bossy or too boring or too snobby or too rough? What she desperately wants is a friend who is
just right-- someone she can love with all her heart. Then one day, Goldie gets off the bus at the wrong stop, walks to a nearby cottage to find help, and opens the door. . .
Diane Stanley, author and illustrator of Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter, once again takes an old tale and gives it a fresh spin that is funny as well as perceptive. Readers will love accompanying Goldie on her up-to-date adventure and discovering the clever, heartwarming surprise at its end.
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"An appealing take on the character of Goldilocks and on her escapades." Publishers Weekly
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"[T]he pictures are marvelous, with...winsome, telling details. Many contemporary retellings of familiar fairy tales are successful in a clever way, but this goes beyond clever to also have real substance." School Library Journal
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"Stanley's art, so sophisticated in her biographies, is delightfully childlike here, with lots of fun in every scene." Booklist
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"'She's just right!' Goldie happily proclaims....So is the tone of this imaginative update." Kirkus Reviews
About the Author
Diane Stanley is the author and illustrator of many award-winning books for young readers. Her novels include the critically acclaimed
Bella at Midnight, a
School Library JournalBest Book of the Year and an ALA
BooklistEditors' Choice,
The Mysterious Case of the Allbright Academy,
The Mysterious Matter of I. M. Fine, and
A Time Apart. Well known as the author and illustrator of award-winning picture-book biographies, she is the recipient of the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children and the
Washington Post-Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award for the body of her work.
Ms. Stanley has also written and illustrated numerous picture books, including three creatively imagined fairy tales:The Giant and the Beanstalk, Goldie and the Three Bears, and Rumpelstiltskin's Saughter. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.