(This book was reviewed digitally with 10-by-20-inch double-page spreads viewed at actual size.) Garoche’s drawings are impressively detailed, from the nest’s many small bits to the developing first feathers on the chicks and the wall smudges and exposed wiring of the renovation. The text suggests the strong bond built by this Afro-Latinx father and daughter with their ongoing project without needing to point it out explicitly, a light touch in a picture book full of delicate, well-drawn moments and precise wording. Rosen uses lively language and well-chosen details to move the story of the baby birds forward. Renata witnesses the birth of four chicks as their rosy eggs split open “like coats that are suddenly too small.” Renata finds at a crucial moment that she can help the chicks learn to fly, even with the bittersweet knowledge that it will only hasten their exits from her life. ![]() Rather than seeing it as an unfortunate delay of their project, Renata and Papi decide to let the avian carpenters continue their work. One warm night, after Papi leaves the window space open, two wrens begin making a nest in the bathroom. ![]() Renata and her father enjoy working on upgrading their bathroom, installing a clawfoot bathtub, and cutting a space for a new window. Lots of giggles in this delightfully goofy tale.Ī home-renovation project is interrupted by a family of wrens, allowing a young girl an up-close glimpse of nature. Pair it with Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith’s fractured fairy tales or Turner and Macon’s own Jack and the Three Bears (publishing simultaneously) either way the fun increases. Turner has created a fun-filled romp greatly aided by Macon’s very brightly hued cartoons depicting a wild-haired, big-eyed Goldilocks (who presents White) and pink pigs whose every emotion is seen in exaggerated facial expressions and body language. Little readers who know both tales will find great joy in pointing out the anomalies while newcomers to the fairy-tale world will love the silly adventures. (He is singed and scared but otherwise unharmed.) Thus the wrong fairy tale still leads to a happy ending, with Goldilocks and the pigs best friends forever. Goldilocks and the pigs work together to build a fire that will get rid of him once and for all. But here comes the wolf, who, failing to blow down the brick house, tries to come down the chimney. At that point all three pigs realize Goldilocks has involved herself in the wrong fairy tale, and they tell her so. ![]() Goldilocks, brazen as always, heads straight for the porridge, trying each one and enjoying the one that is just right. The three pigs living there are hiding in a closet, frightened by the probable reappearance of their archenemy, the Big Bad Wolf. When Goldilocks spots an unfamiliar brick house in the woods, she must satisfy her curiosity and barge right in. In a mashup of two iconic fairy tales, Goldilocks finds herself in the middle of the Three Little Pigs’ battle with the Big Bad Wolf.
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