Professor Goose Debunks Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Professor Goose Debunks Fairy Tales) - Hardcover

Bourgeois, Paulette

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0735267308 ISBN 13: 9780735267305

Publisher: Tundra Books, 2022

Synopsis

The first in a new series by the author of Franklin the Turtle! Join Professor Goose in this STEM-filled picture book as she fact-checks classic fairy tales and shares the science behind these flawed stories.

Mother Goose's fairy tales are NOT based in science, and her great niece Professor Goose thinks it's time to share the truth. Join Professor Goose as she — literally — travels through the pages of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, fact-checking, exposing the flaws and explaining the science. Bears don't live in cottages — they prefer dens! The smallest bowl of porridge wouldn't be "just right" — it would have been the coldest! Professor Goose is delighted to see Baby Bear use the scientific method and Goldilocks's fight or flight response. And maybe Goldilocks should have used a GPS so she wouldn't have gotten lost in the first place?

Jammed with jokes and wonderfully silly illustrations, this book entertains while it introduces basic scientific laws and rules to young readers. At the back of the book, readers will find Professor Goose's  instructions on how to engineer their own chair for a (teddy) bear!

About this title

About the Author

PAULETTE BOURGEOIS is best known for creating Franklin the Turtle, the character who appears in the bestselling picture books illustrated by Brenda Clark. The series has been translated into thirty-eight languages and adapted into an animated television series, merchandise and feature-length films. She is also the author of award-winning books for children including Oma's Quilt, which was developed as a short film by the National Film Board of Canada, and more than two dozen non-fiction science books. She is a member of the Order of Canada, received an honorary doctorate degree from Western University, an award of merit from the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists and most recently graduated with an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. Paulette frequently teaches and she has been the writer-in-residence at UBC, Whistler, BC, and Terra Nova National Park, Newfoundland.

ALEX G. GRIFFITHS is a children's book illustrator originally from London, UK. The majority of his work is done by hand, using a combination of pen and ink line-work and brush textures in a messy way to create an unusual illustration style. He now lives in Canada with his wife and two children.

Reviews

K-Gr 3-In this humorous take on "Goldilocks and the Three Bears," the know-it-all Professor Marie Curious Goose, great-grandniece of Mother Goose, adopts a professorial tone to retell the story with a lot of scientific tidbits and segues. With full-page artwork throughout, the story begins with Professor Goose, with a bit of punk rock pink hair, telling readers that she will fact check Mother Goose's work with science. She humorously narrates, pauses for sidebars, and is aided by a Black girl and a pale boy with yellow hair, explaining scientific concepts, such as thermodynamics and hibernation. Professor Goose has a light bulb moment (both in artwork and in speech) in relating Baby Bear's discovery of the Goldilocks intrusion, stating "FABULOUS! Baby Bear might be a budding scientist. I think she is about to use the Scientific Method to solve the mystery." The pen-and-ink artwork anthropomorphizes the animals into large-eyed cartoon characters who are a joyful match for the playful energy of Professor Goose. At the end of the book is a STEM craft that is very apropos of the DIY maker movement, as well as instructions on how to engineer a cardboard chair for a bear. VERDICT This imaginative book is perfect for libraries with makerspaces and strong STEM programming maker-ed activities.-Vi Haα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Edition details

• Publisher: Tundra Books
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0735267308
• ISBN 13: 9780735267305
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Griffiths Alex G.
• Number of pages: 40