The Three Snow Bears

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Once Upon a Time…. Goldilocks and the Three Bears. The Night Before Christmas. The Wild Christmas Reindeer. The 3 Little Dassies. Town Mouse Country Mouse. Who's That Knocking on Christmas Eve? How to write a great review. The review must be at least 50 characters long. The title should be at least 4 characters long. Your display name should be at least 2 characters long. At Kobo, we try to ensure that published reviews do not contain rude or profane language, spoilers, or any of our reviewer's personal information.

You submitted the following rating and review. We'll publish them on our site once we've reviewed them. Item s unavailable for purchase. Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item s now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout. Continue shopping Checkout Continue shopping. Worldview - Universally Acceptable Setting: Aloo-ki a young Inuit girl is worried when her dogs and sled drift away from her on an ice-pan. Luckily she finds a huge igloo where she makes herself at home, tasting the soup, trying on boots and laying down in the beds of pelts.

While she is exploring their home, the polar bear family to whom the igloo belongs have gone for a walk. They see the stranded dogs and rescue Worldview - Universally Acceptable Setting: They see the stranded dogs and rescue them. The highly detailed, large format illustrations are a lot of fun. On the side of each page there is a smaller illustration of what the other character is doing at that time. The bears costumes are each dissimilar to the other in style and decoration.

Teacher Application This is by no means an astounding resource, but it is fun, and would interest very young children. The small inset pictures would be great to use as prompts to help students narrate the story back, if this is a new skill for them. Feb 05, Sydney Novotak rated it really liked it Shelves: For my last traditional reading, I picked a fable. This fable is a perfect example of Traditional Literature because this book is based off of "Goldilocks and the 3 bears" except it has been manipulated through time to create this story.

Although the timeline of taking food and items are the same, the characters, culture, and setting. It is a fun setting and almost enjoyable to picture yourself in a freezing world as if you could actually walk into an igloo and stumble upon a bears home, which is For my last traditional reading, I picked a fable. It is a fun setting and almost enjoyable to picture yourself in a freezing world as if you could actually walk into an igloo and stumble upon a bears home, which is what makes this book a fable. In this book, "Goldilocks" is considered the bad guy whom has rummaged through someone else home, food, and bed.

Except the author allows for Goldilocks to leave in a hurry. There is no clear lesson in the story. Most books would end with something such as the bears talking to Goldilocks about how her actions were wrong and to not do it again.

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In this story everyone seems to turn the other check. This book is fun and cute to read but I would not necessarily have it in my own classroom. With children so young they really grab hold to easy to read books, I do not this easy to read book to be taken to heart. View all 3 comments. Dec 08, Anna rated it liked it. I appreciate the effort at multiculturalism in Jan Brett's The Three Snow Bears- instead of a golden-locked heroine, it features an Eskimo girl- but as a picture book it falls short.

The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett

The beginning is abrupt- throwing the reader directly into the world of Aloo-ki without introducing her or her surroundings. Usually Jan Brett is wonderfully graceful in this respect- creating a complete world for her characters before diving into the action, even if only in the borders. The Three Snow Bears, howeve I appreciate the effort at multiculturalism in Jan Brett's The Three Snow Bears- instead of a golden-locked heroine, it features an Eskimo girl- but as a picture book it falls short.

The Three Snow Bears, however, begins as follows: Why does she have huskies and what does she do with them? Why are they floating off to sea? Why are there even huskies in a story about the Three Bears? Then there are the bears' reactions to Aloo-ki's presence in their house. They are understandably annoyed.

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However, when they see her, she escapes and turns around to find them waving goodbye at her. This is not consistent with their characters thus far. Are they grateful that Aloo-ki thanks them after fleeing? I generally find that people either flee or thank the people they have borrowed things from, not both. These inconsistencies shouldn't have made it past the editing process. This was a great idea, just half-baked in regard to execution.

The Three Snow Bears

Jul 26, Linda rated it really liked it Shelves: Picture book, Traditional Copyright date: K-3 Estimate Reading Grade Level: Grades Brief Description: A version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, retold in the context of an Inuit girl and polar bears and sled dogs in the Arctic. Picture books extend the story through illustrations. Jan Brett is famous for her illustrations with a secondary story told through the sidebars on each page. Traditional stories, told from a multicultural perspective, help demonstrate universal ideals or values.

Readers will quickly recognize the story as a reinterpretation of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, but will be intrigued with the Arctic context of sled dogs carrying a girl wearing a seal fur coat and polar bears swimming among the ice flows, showing a familiar story in another part of the world. Jan Brett's books have a similar format: The books are lovely and there is so much for students to look at and discover.

The story is a traditional story, as many of Brett's books are, but reinterpreted to give it a fresh look. Oct 28, Megan Baker rated it really liked it Shelves: The Three Snow Bears is a collection of folklore intended for primary readers. In this book three snow bears venture off and a young girl names Aloo-Ki enters their igloo. She eats their food, wears their boots, and sleeps in their beds until she finds the ones that are just right. The bears come home and find that someone had been snooping in their igloo.

With the bears watching her nap in their bed, Aloo-Ki woke up and ran out of the igloo as fast as she could. I rated this book four stars because I enjoyed the spin that the author put on this version of the story. Goldy Locks was always one of my favorite stories. The illustrations are drawn with great detail and very vibrant colors. The illustrations also take up the whole page on each page in the book, so it is easy to find yourself in the story.

I think that children would find this book appealing because most children already know the story of Goldy Locks and the Three Bears so they will enjoy reading a different version of the story. Children will also enjoy this book because children enjoy reading things that they are already familiar with. Children that live in the United States have most likely never been to a snowy place like in the book so they will enjoy reading a book that has a plot and setting that is new to them.

Apr 18, Stacy M. Patton rated it really liked it Shelves: A retelling of the 3 bears.

I read this to my 4 and 8 year old boys. Sep 16, Becky B rated it really liked it Recommends it for: Aloo-ki is out with her sled dog team when they get separated by an ice floe. As she tries to keep them in sight, she comes across a cozy looking igloo. Meanwhile, the polar bear family has set out on a stroll since their soup was too hot to eat. While Aloo-ki makes herself at home in the igloo, the polar bears rescue her dog team.

Which is a good thing, because when Aloo-ki wakes up with three polar bears in her face she is in a huge hurry to get out of there. This is a cute re-imagining of Gold Aloo-ki is out with her sled dog team when they get separated by an ice floe. This is a cute re-imagining of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

Brett's illustrations are incredible as always. I like how the middle of the spread tells the main focus, but the side panels keep track of what else is going on. For example, if the focus is on Aloo-ki, the side panels show what the polar bears are up to. I can see this being used as a creative writing starter, asking students to make their own Goldilocks rewrite in a different setting. I also like that Brett did not use the normal repetition when the bears discover things, she varied what each bear said slightly, a good example for kids about varying phrases in their own writing.

Dec 19, Jennifer rated it really liked it Shelves: Very typical Jan Brett with the detailed illustrations with cuddly animals done in watercolor and gouache. Kids will like to spend time looking at the details in the illustrations and following the secondary story in the margin windows. They will also enjoy looking for the differences in story between this and the traditional Goldilocks story. The text is smooth and gets the job done without being showy.

The author bio indicates that Brett did significant research in the Nunavut Territory of Can Very typical Jan Brett with the detailed illustrations with cuddly animals done in watercolor and gouache.

The author bio indicates that Brett did significant research in the Nunavut Territory of Canada to prepare for the book while an acknowledgement indicates she also did some observing at the Brookfield Zoo. The result is a beautiful book that fits nicely in the fairy-tale adaptation tradition. This worked all right as a readers' theater, but we could have definitely used more time to work on preperation. The last readers' theater we did was based on the folktale The Enormous Turnip and the extreme repetition in that really worked for us - The Three Snow Bears was a little tougher to stage quickly.

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Dec 01, Krista the Krazy Kataloguer rated it liked it Shelves: Especially cute was when different animal mothers carried their babies in their hoods like Eskimo mothers do. In this Eskimo version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears Aloo-ki is out ice fishing when her sled and dogs float away on a piece of broken-off ice.

Meanwhile, the bear family are letting their soup cool while taking a stroll. While looking for them she finds the bears' igloo and I found the ending a bit strange, however, in that when the bears find Aloo-ki, she runs away in fear, and yet she and the bears exchange friendly waves. You'd think she'd apologize for eating the baby bear's food and give him back his boots.

Maybe Brett is implying that they'll be friends in the future. For me, this was a not-quite-satisfying ending. I would still recommend this book for its gorgeous illustrations, though. May 24, Karen rated it really liked it. This time, the main character is an Inuit girl and she is led to the bears' home by losing her sled dog team. It is a very cute interesting spin on the traditional book. The story is cute, but the real catcher is in the artwork, as with other Jan Bret stories. The attention to detail is so well done, and I really enjoy the shading and shadowing that Bret does.

The artwork was done in watercolor and gouache. The best details are in the side pictures. Throughout the story the side picture tell us the other action that is happening that may not be happening in the main story. The side pictures tell the story of what the bears are doing on their walk and what the dogs are doing. In this way, the picture tell so much more of the story than what the actual words and main pictures does. I would recommend this book to preschool through third grade. If I were teaching this book, I would have students use the side pictures and create the story of the bears and the dogs to go with the main story.

Mar 21, Mackenzie W rated it really liked it. This book is a retelling of the "Goldilocks and the Three Little Bears" story. The story takes place in the Arctic, where Aloo-ki loses her sled dogs. While searching for them she finds an igloo owned by a family of bears. She proceeds to try their soup, their boots, and their beds just like in the traditional story. The family of bears happen to find her dogs, and when they return to their home they are shocked to find that someone has been inside.

The story ends when Aloo-ki wakes up in the ba This book is a retelling of the "Goldilocks and the Three Little Bears" story. The story ends when Aloo-ki wakes up in the baby bear's bed and runs out with her dogs.

The think I enjoyed most about this book was the illustrations. This allows the readers to see the dogs drifting out to sea and the bear's attempts to rescue them without leaving the main story. I would recommend this this book for young readers under age 8 or 9. Nov 12, Myriam B. Jan Brett is one of my favorite author, she has written over thirty seven million books in print, Jan Brett is one of the nation's foremost author illustrators of children's books.

Jan lives in a seacoast town in Massachusetts, close to where she grew up. During the summer her family moves to a home in the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts. As a child, Jan Brett decided to be an illustrator and spent many hours reading and drawing. She says, "I remember the special quiet of rainy days when I felt Jan Brett is one of my favorite author, she has written over thirty seven million books in print, Jan Brett is one of the nation's foremost author illustrators of children's books.

She says, "I remember the special quiet of rainy days when I felt that I could enter the pages of my beautiful picture books. Apple Audible downpour eMusic audiobooks.

About The Three Snow Bears Aloo-ki glances up from fishing and sees her sled dogs floating off on an ice floe. From the Hardcover edition. Also by Jan Brett. Inspired by Your Browsing History. Looking for More Great Reads? Download our Spring Fiction Sampler Now. LitFlash The eBooks you want at the lowest prices. Read it Forward Read it first.

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