Title: Goldilocks and Just One Bear

Author: Leigh Hodgkinson

Illustrator: Leigh Hodgkinson

Copyright date: 2011

Publisher: Nosy Crow

Summary: Goldilocks and Just One Bear is the story of a lost bear in the city who stubles into a human house. He eats their food, uses their furniture, and sleeps in their beds. When the family comes home, it just so happens that the mother of the family is Goldilocks from the classic tale, and the bear is baby bear from the story. They have a nice reuinion and the bear heads home to the forest.

Media for illustration: Mixed media

Perfect student: This book is perfect for students who love nature and animals.

Common Core State Standard: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.2Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text. This text works well with this standard because fractured fairytales are familiar stories with small changes, so students will be able to pinpoint specific differences to help them determine the new theme and the story has a definitive beginning, middle, and end.