The Three Sillies

Unlike too many other folk tale adaptations, this does have an author's note on the copyright page. I, personally, think that Kellogg improved on the original, making it even funnier. I especially appreciated the speech balloons in the images, even the snarky cat. Normally I don't like speech balloons, but they worked here. 3.5 rounded up because I did laugh out loud once.

This is an adorable story. It is ridiculous which adds to its quirky charm. I loved the plot and how goofy each character was throughout the book. Overall I'd say this is a very amusing picture book.

A celebration of sillinest. A family of three, one of whom is the daughter who is looking for a silly mate to match the humor of her family whom she loves very much.

The man who is courting her keeps traveling until he finds three sillier than they until he returns. When his quest does not work, he returns to the silliest sillies he knows.

They marry and have a silly little boy.

Honestly, not worth my time reading. I am sure there are readers who enjoy this, but I find I like books with a unsilly story.

I couldn't relate to the story or the illustrations.

Silliness is the topic of this folktale and the retelling of this story is done well in this book. I really liked the larger then life illustrations in this book, it gave off a 'silly' vibe to the book and the characters. What is silly anyway...is it in the eye of the beholder?

I think this is a very cute tale. That clearly is timeless and teaches a good lesson about how we sometimes think people are odd but that doesnt make them any less than anybody else.

This was one of my favorite folk tales growing up.

I'm not sure I like the layout of this book, in comic style, I think it's a little hard to read, but my nieces enjoy it and I haven't yet found a better edition of JUST this folk tale.

This is a retelling of the classic folktale about a young man who agrees to marry a young maiden, but only after he had found three people who are sillier than she. Thus he begins a quest that leads him to all sorts of strange places where he meets many silly people. But in the end, the suitor learns that it is he who is the silliest of them all.