Goldie Locks Has Chicken Pox

The premise didn't really pan out, as the different storybook characters just seemed shoehorned in. I'm also not a big fan of the "Dick and Jane" illustration style, which showed absolutely zero diversity, even though there was opportunity in the other human characters Bo Peep and Red Riding Hood. The gender stereotypes were strong, too, including a Mama Bear who wore high heels while doing her ironing. Ugh.

Poetry - Narrative

This book is about Goldie Locks who gets chicken pox and what she does day-to-day while she is sick. It uses a lot of alliteration and onomatopoeia which is a good think for children to read because it gives them a better understanding of the definitions.

I love this book mostly because it was one that I read as a child but also because it has a lot of great poetry elements.

Goldie Locks has Chicken Pox is a story written about a little girl who discovers that she has chicken pox. She travels through several different Nursery Rhymes to find out where she has gotten the chicken pox from. Throughout the story Goldie is tormented by her little brother. In the end, who should end up with the chicken pox but her little brother.

I would consider this story Modern Fantasy because it uses different characters from Nursery Rhymes and Traditional Fantasy stories to tell the story. I like the book because it makes light of the most dreaded (according to my boys) of all childhood diseases. I think students could relate well to because it uses things that they are familiar with to explain what happens to them when they show more have the chicken poxes. It also does a good job with portraying the actions of a younger brother. Any one who has a younger brother, or is one will appreciate this story.

This book could be used as extension to help explain what happens when children get the chicken poxes. If a child in the class comes down with the chicken pox, you could read this book to the class, and then have a discussion to answer any questions students might have about the subject.
You could also have the students, after reading the story, go to the art center and have them draw a picture of themselves with the chicken pox. show less

This book is quite clever. The illustrations are something set in the 50's I believe with a little bit of a modern flare. The story is about Goldie Locks who has come down with the chicken pox. As she is recuperating we see visitors from other classic children's tales. The book flows page to page with a nice rhyming text. The main plot being that Goldie's little brother is tormenting Goldie because of her spots. He even offers to connect her dots.

Poor Goldie Locks. She has chicken pox.

We rhyme our way through the large cast of Mother Goose figures and one annoying baby brother (who, after being so annoying to his sister, including playing connect-the-dots on her face, eventually gets sick himself, a just desert if I ever saw one!)

Cute, retro illustrations and nice rhymes. I'm not as thrilled with the book as my nieces are, but they like it enough to justify giving it the fourth star.

Summary
Goldie Locks is a young girl who is sick with the chicken pox. As her symptoms worsen, her brothers’ teasing does too. Other characters from children's books make appearances to offer advice and sympathy. The book ends in a twist for her little brother.
Personal Reaction
This book is great, and one of my personal favorites. I remember reading this book to my little sister when she was a child. The book moves from character to character making it exciting for the reader and the audience. This book is also very funny, and the humor is easy for even the audience to understand.
Classroom Extension Ideas
1. Do a theme with all of the characters that pop up in this book and read this book after. During this story have the kids recognize show more the characters and their stories.
2. Sickness theme, doctor/nurse theme. show less

This is a great book to read to a child who is sick or who has the chicken pox. It brings in different characters from all different nursery rhyme books. I like that in the book Goldie Locks gives the chicken pox to her brother… isn’t that what usually happens?