The Three Billy Goats Gruff
By: Jerry Pinkney
Traditional Literature

            This is an old folk tale retold by the Caldecott Medalist Jerry Pinkney. It is about three billy goats spotting beautiful, tasty grass. The grass that they see is across a bridge, but underneath this bridge lies a very terrible troll. This troll is hungry and wants to gobble something up. When the tiniest goat crosses the troll stops him and tries to eat him. But the goat says the next billy goat crossing is much bigger and tastier. The next billy goat that tries to cross says the same thing to save himself. When the last, biggest billy goat stomps across the bridge, the troll is tossed into the water where he gets a taste of his own medicine from a huge sea creature! This story gives a great depiction of how greed is not a good trait.

I would most definitely use this book in my classroom! It not only is quality reading and quality illustrations, but also it has a wonderful meaning. I think this book would be best for students in Pre-K through 3rd grade. This book teaches children about greediness and how it can turn out bad for them in the end. I adore the illustrations in this book. I think Pinkney does a beautiful job capturing what is happening as each billy goat crossed the trolls path. 

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