Goldie Locks Has Chicken Pox

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Summary: Goldie Locks' Chicken Pox will Amuse and Delight
Review: GOLDIE LOCKS HAS CHICKEN POX is a delightful book! The fast moving rhyming text is enhanced by Hanako Wakiyama's amusing and detailed illustrations. My 6 year old son laughed aloud as he read it!

As a clinical psychologist and a mother of two, I am always looking for books which take common childhood experiences and infuse them with humor, compassion and imagination. Dealey and Wakiyama succeed in a way that will make you want to read about Goldie and her storybook friends again and again.

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Summary: Great Story - Excellent Illustrations
Review: Goldie Locks has Chicken Pox is a well-written, funny story that I would recommend every parent read to their child when they have Chicken Pox to keep their mind off of them. One thing I really liked about this book was that it mentions other children's stories like Henny Penny, Little Red Riding Hood and Little Bo Peep. My very favourite part was the illustration that went with this line:
"Let's Connect them!" shouted Brother.

Erin Dealey and Hanako Wakiyama did a very good job together on this book. The illustrations are hilarious.

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Summary: Got this one for myself
Review: I just had to get this book, and I'll figure out what child to give it to later. I want to enjoy it myself first! The story idea is fun, and I can't stop looking at the marvelous 50's retro illustrations.

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Summary: Remember when it happend to you....
Review: I remember when I got the chicken pox and my brother's teased me just like Goldie's brother teases her. I enjoyed how Erin Dealey incorporated old nursery rhyme characters in the story. When I read about Jack be Nimble it made me think back to that nursery rhyme, as well as many others. I truly enjoyed reading Goldie Locks has Chicken Pox and I reccomended it to my Children's Literature class. Dealey and Wakiyama did a wonderful job!

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Summary: Hilarious!
Review: I was hooked from the minute I read the title. Goldie's storybook friends (the three bears, Henny Penny, Little Bo Peep and more) ask how she is doing and her annoying little brother tries to connect the dots. It?s a truly creative tale that both my daughters (ages 2 and 4) absolutely love. I am looking forward to reading more stories from this author.

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Summary: A refreshingly different approach to childhood illness.
Review: Kids ages 3-7 will find this a different picturebook story revolving around poor Goldie Locks and her chicken pox experience. Hanako Wakiyama illustrates a story which is told using a variety of rhyme bases from famous rhymes ("Jack, be nimble! Jack, be quick! Come and see! My sister's sick!"). A refreshingly different approach to childhood illness.

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Summary: The most visually interesting picture book this year
Review: The story is told in clever unsentimental rhyme and includes characters from other fairy tales. My favorite aspect of this book is the 1950's retro illustrations which are a pleasant departure from the plethora of realism in today's children's illustrations. Part of enjoying children's literature includes the transportation into a fantasy world and celebrating imagination. This book has roots of 1950's in the furniture, clothing, and style of drawings, but the context of the drawings to the story is the most creative and progressive approach to a picture book that I've seen in a while.

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Summary: The most visually interesting picture book this year
Review: The story is told in clever unsentimental rhyme and includes characters from other fairy tales. My favorite aspect of this book is the 1950's retro illustrations which are a pleasant departure from the plethora of realism in today's children's illustrations. Part of enjoying children's literature includes the transportation into a fantasy world and celebrating imagination. This book has roots of 1950's in the furniture, clothing, and style of drawings, but the context of the drawings to the story is the most creative and progressive approach to a picture book that I've seen in a while.

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Summary: A romp through the pox
Review: We were given this book when one child got chicken pox...and appreciated it all over again when her sister came down w/ it 21 days later!

This is a fun romp of a story, which the Kindergarten/1st grade set particularly enjoy because it has so many familiar pieces. They love recognizing both the skewed bits of other fairy tales and the whole chicken pox process.