Me and You - Hardcover
A stunningly illustrated picture book looking at both sides of the classic fairytale Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
Three bears decide to go out for a walk in the park while their porridge cools. Meanwhile a little girl has lost her mum and lost her way and is walking the streets alone, until she happens upon a house. The bears arrive home and discovers several things are amiss... What will they find upstairs?
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ANTHONY BROWNE is the acclaimed author and illustrator of such prize-winning bestsellers as Gorilla, Willy the Wimp and Zoo. Voices in the Park won the 1998 Kurt Maschler Award and was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal. Anthony was also the winner of the 2000 Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration, and in 2009 became the new Children's Laureate.
PreS-Gr 2–Browne subtly overlays the story of “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” with a social message. The Goldilocks character, nameless throughout, is introduced in a dark palette against a bleak urban setting. Conversely, the Bear family is presented as a colorful and happy unit. Baby Bear is the narrator. While on a walk, the girl chases a balloon and gets lost. She is drawn to the bears' house with its warm, yellow facade. There, she is another person: her head no longer hangs low, and she is infused with color, especially her fiery, golden hair. She eats the porridge, checks out the chairs, and winds up in Baby Bear's bed. She is experiencing life in a world vastly different from her own. When the bears return and find the intruder, their perfect world is shaken up momentarily and, for the first time, they are depicted without color and clearly angry. The girl flees the house and runs back to her side of town. Baby Bear is left concerned and wondering about her. The girl finally runs into the arms of her mother, and the story concludes with their wordless, warm embrace. This book looks at what constitutes family and at our culture of the haves versus the have-nots. Browne's signature artwork and intentional use of color make the juxtaposition of “Goldilocks's” plight with the bears' way of life unmistakable. Younger children can enjoy this picture book, but, in the hands of the right adult, older children will get a lot out of it. Browne has added depth to a story that we thought we already knew.–Joan Kindig, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VAα(c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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- PublisherDoubleday UK
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 0385614896
- ISBN 13 9780385614894
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages32
- IllustratorBrowne Anthony
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ME AND YOU
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Doubleday Childrens, London
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ISBN 10: 0385614896
ISBN 13: 9780385614894
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Anthony Browne (illustrator). 1st Edition. This mint copy is bound in illustrated laminated boards, A dust wrapper is not called for. The text block is unmarked, tight, white, bright and square. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. A stunningly illustrated picture book looking at both sides of the classic fairytale Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Three bears decide to go out for a walk in the park while their porridge cools. Meanwhile a little girl has lost her mum and lost her way and is walking the streets alone, until she happens upon a house. The bears arrive home and discovers several things are amiss. What will they find upstairs? Alongside the re-telling of a fairytale is a completely different, quite modern story. Anthony Browne's words present one and his pictures the other until, as the book nears its end, the two come together . . . There are so many layers in this story that it will entrance young readers time after time. Ref EEE 1. Seller Inventory # 028673
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