Amity Goldilocks and the Three Bears

"Goldilocks and the Three Bears" is a popular English fairy-tale which has been around for a few hundred years. Many versions of this story has been told over the years but the most popular version, on which is this story is based, was written by Robert Southey and it was published in 1837. One interesting fact about the story is that the original version featured an old woman as the intruder. Twelve years after Southey's story was first published, another writer Joseph Cundall changed the old woman into a young girl and used the story in his "Treasures of Pleasure Books for Young Children" (1849). This book is about the adventure of a young girl named Goldilocks who wanders off into the forest and comes upon a hut which belonged to a bear family consisting of Papa Bear, Mama Bear and Baby Bear. She eats their porridge, sits on their chairs and goes to sleep in the Baby Bear's bed. In the end when she is discovered, Goldilocks jumps out of the window and escapes. The story has all the ingredients needed to fire the imagination and enthral a child. It is hoped that children will enjoy listening to this delightful story. The beautiful illustrations are intended to enhance children's pleasure in the book, and to encourage creativity.