This is a traditional version of this story. The class had a great discussion about if Goldilocks was a good character or a not-so-good character. Remember, she did do a lot of things without permission... This is also a good story to illustrate the characteristics of a fairy tale, "Once upon a time..", and animals that talk and dress like humans. We also talked about the "rule of 3" or how fairy tales often have three things in them, three bears, three pigs, three wishes.
This version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears is one of my favourites because the illustrations uses clothing, furniture and architecture from the 1930-1950's. It is a very "moderne" version of the story. It is also easy for the children to pick out what is different in this story from the traditional version (e.g., the bears eat chili instead of porridge).
My First Chinese New Year is a great information book to introduce this holiday. It covers the things people do to celebrate this special time of year. One of the things people do is use red "lai see" or lucky envelopes to give as gifts. In my class, I had some to show the children and each child had one to take home.
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs is a funny take on the traditional story. It is told from the point of view of the wolf. He says that everybody has the story all wrong and that he really isn't a bad guy at all. He just wanted to borrow a cup of sugar and because he had a bad cold, he sneezed and blew down the houses. He says it's not his fault that the pigs didn't build their houses properly. It was funny to read this story to the children because even after I read the story and we talked about it, the children were not convinced that he was really a good wolf!
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