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The Three Billy Goats Gruff
The Three Billy Goats Gruff | Jerry Pinkney
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A classic read-aloud favorite addressing the perennially hot topic of bullying, retold by multi-acclaimed artist Jerry Pinkney. Jerry Pinkney puts his indelible stamp on another beloved folktale in the same vein as the Caldecott Medal-winning The Lion & the Mouse and the highly acclaimed The Tortoise & the Hare and The Grasshopper & the Ants. When the three billy goats Gruff are hungry, they see bountiful grass to eat across an old bridge. But the bridge is home to a terrible troll, who is peckish himself, and looking for a tasty morsel to gobble up. In his interpretation of the timeless tale, Jerry Pinkney shows there's little good to come from greed--but in the end, redemption for even the most trollish bully is possible. A dramatic gatefold heightens the climax of this brilliant rendition.
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mahala28

try if you dare

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mahala28

This is my favorite version

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mahala28
Pickpick

This is another retelling of a classic moral story. I think the illustrations do a beautiful job of separating this version from others.

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terracollichio

“Who is that trip-trapping over my bridge?“

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terracollichio

Predictable chorus and story that gets the kids involved and learning ideas of reading, rhyming, and following a story.

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terracollichio
Pickpick

There are three billy goats that are taking walk through their town. They each come across a scary troll that threatens them each time.

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jdowney

“And over where the sun shone brightest and the wild grasses flourished, the billy goats would fill their bellies”

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jdowney

I like how some of the text is larger, for example when the troll is yelling at the goats. Teachers can model how to change the tone and level of your voice when reading these parts, and students can mimic this when rereading or following along.

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jdowney
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Published 2017. This book tells the classic fairytale of the three billy goats gruff. The illustrations are colorful and engaging. Throughout the book the text is presented in different ways, some larger than others, or onomatopoeia blended into the illustrations. This classic story is one that students can easily pick up on and read along with the teacher.

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TheBookHippie
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Three Billy Goats Gruff" (Norwegian: De tre bukkene Bruse) is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in their Norske Folkeeventyr, first published between 1841 and 1844. It has an "eat-me-when-I'm-fatter" plot ??? #FOODANDLIT NORWAY

Tamra My favorite as a young child. 😍 3y
TheBookHippie @Tamra Me too!!! I just loved it! 3y
Texreader Perfect for Norway! My husband especially enjoyed reading this one to the kids when they were young 3y
TheBookHippie @Texreader Just love it!!! I never knew it was from Norway …a big DUH for me 😅🤪 3y
Texreader @TheBookHippie I didn‘t either until he brought it home one day and made a big to-do over it. I was like, huh?? Ahhh, troll!!! 3y
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LeahH
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This fairy tale book by Caldecott Medalist Jerry Pinckney is about three male goats who need to outsmart a ravenous troll in order to cross the bridge to their feeding ground. This is a piece of Traditional Literature and I would use it in the classroom for RT!
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https://www.teachwithme.com
This resource is instructions on how the students to make their own flip book about the story.

LeahH UDL: Vary the methods for response and navigation (4.1) EL: #1 teach questioning for clarification 4y
DrSpalding So would you create the flipbook after they perform the readers theater? Try to connect your extension activities with your teaching strategies and universal design principles/English learner strategies. 4y
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shannontevis

“Try if you dare“ This is something the troll says and adds suspense to the story.

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shannontevis
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“The Three Billy Goats Gruff“ by Jerry Pinkney, 2017. The Three Billy Goats Gruff is a story about three goats and their adventure across the bridge, where they encounter a troll. The plot is simple and easy to follow, and the illustrations are beautiful and extend the story.

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thejessashmore

“Who's that tripping over my bridge?“ roared the troll.

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thejessashmore
Mehso-so

I liked this traditional literature book, because the plot was simple and easy to follow. It was interesting to see how the illustrations added more of an image of what the situation went like instead of just imagining it.

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thejessashmore

I would use this book in my classroom, because it is shorter and because I think the story line would be interesting to children.

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destaneefolden

I think this is a fun story, but it's a little dark to be in the classroom. Overall I think that this is a great story because it demonstrates that quick clever
thinking can sometimes solve your problems, but sometimes things need
to be met head on. However, I don't love that the last brother pokes out the troll's eyeballs and crushes him.

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destaneefolden
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This traditional story tells the tale of three brother goats who are traveling up a
hill to make themselves fat. On the way they run into a troll who
intends to eat one. Each goat tells him that the next goat is bigger and
why they should pass. Finally, the largest brother shows up, and is
stopped by the troll. The largest brother shows up and threatens the troll in order to pass, when not heeded follows through with his threats.

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jjbowenkunkler

Try if you dare

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This part where the goat knocks the troll off is funny and let the rest of the herd go threw.

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jjbowenkunkler
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Traditional literature and was written in 2017. This book is a classic about goats wanting to cross a bridge that a troll was guarding to go eat wild grasses. The first and smallest went and told the troll that the next gost was bigger so the troll let him pass. Then the second goat came and said the same thing and went. Finally Big Billy came and knocked the troll off the bridge so that all the other goats could cross the bridge.

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AJones
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Jerry Pinkney‘s “The Three Billy Goats Gruff” is a F book that would be essential in an AS lesson. This classical folktale is about three billy goats, and how they must outwit the troll who lives under a bridge. https://www.google.com/amp/s/expectmiraculous.com/2013/10/17/studying-illustrati... I choose this link because I love how Barrow Media Center conducted this study on illustrations for their students. They included

AJones several videos, one on Jerry Pinkney and another on how illustrations interact with the text from a book. What an excellent way to set students up for success. I would add several websites, like https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rHvrT_gIpcI and http://dyslexia.yale.edu/jerrypinkney.html. These links give the students more detailed information on how Pinkney became a world renowned author and illustrator. In addition, I would finalize this lesson 7y
AJones with each student completing their own book and sending them off for publication. Barrow MC did an awesome job, and I cannot wait to do something like this at my school. #TEAMwork4education UDL 5.1 uses multiple media for communication. ELs 11 places language in meaningful context. This Three Billy Goats Gruff edition is a must read for any age! 🐐 🐐 🐐 #ucflae3414f17 7y
DrSpalding What a fantastic post! I couldn't agree more! I have had the pleasure of meeting this wonderful man. He is truly exceptional. 7y
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Caught him #reading to his brother! #raisingboys #raiseareader #momlife