Me and You

Written and Illustrated by Anthony Browne (2009)

I thought this book was a clever way to retell the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Every version of the story I have read was written from the point of view of Goldilocks and Browne flips the script on us by telling the story from the point of view the bears. The part of Goldilocks is told in a wordless graphic novel style, which allowed me to make up my own feelings and emotions for Goldilocks. Up to this point I had never considered viewing the story from the bears point-of-view, it was a nice way to reinvigorate the story for me once again.

I would feel comfortable reading this book to/ with any age group of students, as long an original version was read with it. It is important for students to be able to view things from multiple perspectives regardless of age. Using both versions provides the opportunity to compare and contrasts versions. It is interesting to see the subtle nuances provided in books telling the same story. Also, the graphic novel portion of the book provides the opportunity for students to understand the importance of illustrations and that they can tell a story just as well as words.