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 The Three Billy Goats Gruff - Nick Sharratt
Description: ISBN 1405004371 / Author: Nick Sharratt / Genre: Junior Books / Oh, please let me cross, said the middle-sized goat. But the troll only ... more  The Three Billy Goats Gruff - Nick Sharratt ... snapped, What's your hurry? With some herbs and some spices and served up with rice, You would make a delicious goat curry! A traditional fairy tale, retold in witty contemporary verse. With hilarious illustrations and flaps to lift on every page, this book will entertain and amuse readers of all ages.Newest Review: ... the troll said, “I shall let you pass. Just don’t come round here any more.” And so the story continues and as the ... more ... traditional tale goes, the largest billy goat succeeds in overpowering the ugly troll and the three trolls end up eating the sweet grass of the meadow on the other side of the bridge.
- Style, Format and Illustrations -
Given the story, the book has quite a lot of text. Despite this, young children are still able to re-tell the story due to the rhyming text and also the fact that many may have already heard the traditional tale.
The illustrations are very bright and colourful, far more appealing to the younger children...more |
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Three Billy Goats Gruff (Ready to Read) by Nick Page - Make Belie
Pages: 31, Edition: 1, Hardcover, Make Believe Ideas - Books/Subj ... |
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Ready to Read Three Billy Goats Gruff Sticker Activity Workbook w
Pages: 12, Edition: 1, Paperback, Make Believe Ideas - Books/Subj ... |
£ 2.00 |
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Format: hardback, Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd, ISBN: 0670878324
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£ 9.74 |
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The Three Billy Goats Gruff - Nick Sharratt: A modern version (810 words)
by tb4ms - written on 16/10/07 (Very useful, 104 readings)
Rating:
- The book - This is a re-telling of the traditional story of The Three Billy Goats Gruff. In my youth I was a big fan of the traditional tale and particularly enjoyed the chant of “Who’s that trip-trapping over MY bridge”….however this book doesn’t use that chant but is still an enjoyable re-telling of the tale. The story is cleverly told in rhyme, the second page of which I have shown below to give you an idea of the content: ‘Now over the stream they could see a fine meadow, As lush and as green as could be. “It’s time,” said the youngest “to cross the red bridge” And his brothers just had to agree. What brave ...
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