The illustrations too have small touches. Pigeon and Piggie would be right at home in these pages too. The illustrations are classic Willems as well. It’s a delight to read aloud, because as always Willem’s books have the perfect pacing for sharing.
Thanks to the tone, children will immediately understand that something is afoot, though the book is insisting that nothing at all is wrong. It’s the narrator explaining what is happening by using a sarcastic tone and explaining what is not happening. The tone of this book is really what makes it work so very well. Even Goldilocks, who never notices anything, starts to realize that something odd is going on in her story, but not before the trap is sprung! All of those noises in the woods are also not dinosaurs arguing about when to pounce, they are the wind. The ladder to help her reach the pudding is not part of the trap either. And those three huge bowls of chocolate pudding are just a coincidence, as well as the open front door. But there’s another really big difference, the three dinosaurs are most certainly NOT setting a trap for Goldilocks. Think of chocolate-stuffed little girl bonbons sort of treat! Here the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears is changed so that you have three dinosaurs instead. Willems never seems to miss with his books and this one is a real treat. Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems
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