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How to Catch Little Boys and Eat Them by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Angela Hayes

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How to Catch Little Boys and Eat ThemHow to Catch Little Boys and Eat Them by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

 

4 Stars

 

“A giant’s gotta eat. But people are afraid of him. A giant does what he’s gotta do. And so does Jack.”

How to Catch Little Boys and Eat Them by Lois Wickstrom is another charming children’s fantasy story with interesting and colourful illustrations, plenty of fun, and adventure. It is a bit of a dark and humorous take on the classic fairytale “Jack and the Beanstalk” – with a twist.
In this quirky story, Ms. Wickstrom gives us the giants POV- which gives the story added interest, and results in a fun and engaging story.
The illustrations are great- big, bright, bold, and colourful – and really grabbed my grandchildren’s attention.
Looking forward to more from Ms. Wickstrom.
Happy reading…

 

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How to Catch Little Boys and Eat Them by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Jenni Bishop

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars

How to Catch Little Boys and Eat Them is an imaginative and fun retelling story book. It is aimed at children aged 4 to 8 years old.
With its vivid bright and colourful pictures, it is a winner with children as they journey along.
Lois’s stories are not just stories but there is always something that makes them learning tools as well that help with shaping and the development of young minds and skills.
My grandchildren could not stop laughing as they imagined trying to get Jack into the cooking pot.
This wonderful adventure story is a must as a gift for a special occasion or just because.

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How to Catch Little Boys and Eat Them by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Jennifer Crain

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Cute retelling of Jack in the Beanstalk, but told from the giant or ogre. My favorite part was when the “fear” of the boys “ruins their flavor. I teach elementary school and was pleasantly surprised to see this book (so often, it is 3 Little Bigs, 3 Little Bears, Little Red Riding Hood, etc.). I have mixed feelings about modernizing the tale to include influencing, but I will say, it was a twist I wasn’t expecting.

The ending is very cleverly written as well. The illustrations and text would engage a young audience and still interested elementary school kids.

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How to Catch Little Boys and Eat Them by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Rebeca Elliott Figueiras

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How to Catch Little Boys and Eat ThemHow to Catch Little Boys and Eat Them by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is another great children’s book from this author! Inspired by the Jack and the beanstalk story, we see the giant’s perspective on capturing and eating small boys.

This is a fun retelling, with some of the classic aspects being given a more modern twist. The story is appealing to kids, as are the accompanying illustrations/images.

As always, I believe this author’s work to be creative and great for the target audience: children. I’ll be looking out for more by this author.

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Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines (Science Folktales) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Tara Johnson Barnes

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines is an imaginative retelling of the classic fairy tale Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Goldilocks is riding her bike through the woods one day when she comes across the home of the three bears who are out for a walk. In this version we learn about simple machines as Goldilocks goes inside and fixes things around the home of the bears. She fixes the porridge, a wobbly table leg, and baby bear’s broken chair. When the bears come home, they find Goldilocks sleeping in one of their beds and use a simple machine to lift her out of the bed. Goldilocks also helps baby bear raise a flag using a simple machine. This was such a cute, imaginative, and entertaining retelling of the classic fairytale. Kids will learn about six simple machines as well as kindness, respect, being helpful, learning how to problem solve, and leaving things better than you found them. This book was engaging and fun, but I was disappointed in the quality of the illustrations and found them to be a bit childish. (No offense to the illustrator, just my personal opinion.) I hope that in future editions of this book the illustrations will be more like in the author’s other books as this will really make the story pop off the pages. Overall, a great book!

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Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines (Science Folktales) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Mandy Ott

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines is an exciting new take on the old Goldilocks tale! I really enjoyed the retelling through the imagination of Lois Wickstrom. She has taken the basic premise of the original story and added such easy-to-understand scientific elements. This book’s Goldilocks leaves behind so much more than a mess. Goldilocks uses problem solving, kindness, and simple tools and machines to leave things just a little bit better than the way she found them. A great children’s story for any age!

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How to Catch Little Boys and Eat Them by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Tara Johnson Barnes

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How to Catch Little Boys and Eat ThemHow to Catch Little Boys and Eat Them by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

How to Catch Little Boys and Eat Them is a cute children’s book that is based loosely off the Jack and the Beanstalk fairytale. The story is told from the POV of the Giant who tells us how he intends to capture little boys so that he can eat them. The Giant seems to have it all figured out and even has it planned out step-by-step. He makes it easy for the boys to steal from him so that they continue to come back and is careful not to scare them because this will ruin their flavor. When Jack meets the Giant, he offers to do an infomercial for the Giant so that he will have more little boys climbing up the Beanstalk to the Giant’s home. What the Giant does not realize is that Jack might have more to his plan than he is letting on. I loved this retelling and found it cute, funny, and whimsical. I loved that Jack ends up tricking the Giant and that the Giant never saw it coming. The illustrations were bright, colorful, and really brought the story to life.

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How to Catch Little Boys and Eat Them by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Kerry Baker

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is yet another fun and entertaining story that had our whole family hooked. My kids have asked for this story multiple times and I think we could recite most of it from memory by now. The story was such a great one. Well written and engaging. The images just added to the overall effect.
I feel like such a broken record when I review a book by this author. They are all so good I can do nothing but shout about it. I must repeat myself time and time again. And I will do so again now. This book is well written, fun and such a joy to read. I would definitely recommend it.

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How to Catch Little Boys and Eat Them by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Jo Wright

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars

What a super cute book! I really love the illustrations. I could see my 8 year old son being all about this book. I can hear him saying “well that’s not right” to how Jack handles the giant and telling me all about how he would deal with the situation. I feel like it’s a great book to spark a discussion with my little guys. I love classic story remakes like this one!

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How to Catch Little Boys and Eat Them by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Shelly Kittell

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How to Catch Little Boys and Eat ThemHow to Catch Little Boys and Eat Them by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I loved this modern retelling of Jack & The Beanstalk. Infomercials, fast talkers, lazy, all the things that little boys can be. It’s funny, entertaining. My grandson was laughing at the giant and how the boys tricked him. The illustrations are wonderful. Another winner for this author.

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How to Catch Little Boys and Eat Them by Lois Wickstrom

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The Giant with a golden goose and a magic harp thinks that…

Earth boys are lazy.  Earth boys want to steal stuff and get rich.  Earth boys taste best when they are happy and confident.

So, the Giant lets them steal stuff until they are confident and happy. Then he’ll eat them.

But Jack convinces the Giant that he could get rich selling these boy-trapping goodies to other giants. And then Jack makes an infomercial showing other boys how easy it is to rob a giant. How many boys will Jack lure into the Giant’s kitchen? And who will be outsmarted… the Giant, Jack, or the other boys?

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Lois is a former high school chemistry teacher and former head science teacher at Science in the City Summer Camp in Philadelphia. She has also been an adjunct science teacher at University of South Florida. Since retiring, she continues to take science classes. Her class in Forensic Biology led to Little Red, The Detective, in which Red is studying fingerprint identification, so she can tell that “Grandma” isn’t who she says she is.

Lois has taken so many science classes that she believes science is the solution to almost every problem, including the dilemmas in fairy tales. She has invented what she calls Science Folktales. In each science-based tale, the protagonist achieves a better ending than the original because of learning scientific principles. She has turned some of these tales into plays.

She has also created a series of Mermaid Science stories, which make use of water science.

Lois is married to the love of her life. She has two children, four grandchildren and a dog.

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Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines (Science Folktales) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Cindy Rushin

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This is a cute take on the story of Goldilocks and the three bears. I especially like how Goldilocks worked to fix different things around the bears home. The story included some quick fixes that kids can do if they are interested in working or building something. It also showed them that the size of the tools can matter when doing repairs. I recommend this book to anyone who has children that love to learn about building stuff and love to read.

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Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines (Science Folktales) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Kerry Baker

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is such a unique and refreshing twist on a classic story. I was excited to read this with my kids as it seemed like a great way to visually show them anyone can do anything. I didn’t expect to enjoy this as much as I did. I thought the author did a great job at not only reimagining a classic but at doing so in a way to captivate the audience and educate them at the same time.
Lois Wickstrom is one of my favourite children’s authors. They are always so fun and entertaining. This book has been read multiple times, along with every other book we have read by her. This is a great story that I would highly recommend.

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Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines (Science Folktales) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Megan Pesek

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines is a fun remake of a classic story! It is a great way to introduce the science of simple machines to younger children or even in a middle school classroom. It would be a great introduction to the unit. It really is a fun story with a more responsible Goldilocks! Kids are drawn in by the fun pictures and finding ways to solve the problems encountered.

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Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines (Science Folktales) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Candice Estes

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Goldilocks and the Six Simple MachinesGoldilocks and the Six Simple Machines by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This was a creative take on a classic story. Most people know the story of Goldilocks and the three bears, in which Goldilocks tries out all of the bears things until she finds which one works best for her. In this twist, Goldilocks helps the bear family by fixing things within their home. This is an interesting and creative way to introduce simple machines, such as pulleys, levers, inclined planes and others, to young readers, while making learning them fun and interesting. I would recommend this book for grade school age kids, mostly older grades, who will be learning this information in their schoolwork, but could probably use the refreshing while being entertained.

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Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines (Science Folktales) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Elizabeth Sanchez

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines was a new take on an old story. My son was not a fan of the illustrations, but liked the story. He liked having the phrases from the original Goldilocks stories tie into this book. I like how the author turned Goldilocks into a fixer, and with a good message. Instead of breaking the bear’s things and leaving them, she fixes them, leaving things better than she found them. My son did not know what a pulley was, and now wants to build one to see if it really works!

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Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines (Science Folktales) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Elisha Johnson

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Goldilocks and the six simple machines by Lois Wickstrom- 5 out of 5 stars.

This cute book gives a more functional approach to a classic fairytale. Goldilocks finds herself wandering into the three bears home just like the classic. While she was there she cames across a few things that needed fixed, so she fixed them. While fixing said items Goldilocks uses six simple machines to get the jobs done. This is a great way to get children to both enjoy a book and learn some fundamental skills.

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Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines (Science Folktales) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Tausha Treadway

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines (Science Folktales) by Lois Wickstrom. This author has become my very favorite children’s author and my nephews love her books. This one is a new take of Goldilocks and the three bears. In this addition Goldilocks breaks into the bears house but instead of messing things up she fixes thing. She does eat the porridge but with science she finds a way to put milk in it to cool it off. She ends up leaving the house better than when she got there. Such good lessons in this book. My nephews and I loved this book! It would make a good gift as well.

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Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines (Science Folktales) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Jules Herbert

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars

To sum up simply I would say that this book is such a fun take on the story of Goldilocks and the 3 bears with added STEM elements. I love the creative way this wonderful author adds learning into her stories so that the readers take in valuable information but it doesn’t really feel like it at the time if that makes sense.

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Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines (Science Folktales) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Tia Martel

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Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines (Science Folktales #3)Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

When Goldilocks comes up to the home of the Three Bears, she’s there to fix things. Now that she knows how to use six simple machines, she’s doing everything she can to help fix the stuff she broke and more!

It’s still Goldilocks like we know it, because the tools she has are too big or too small and she’s got to find what’s just right. When the bears come home to Goldilocks sleeping in the bed, they use a simple machine to lift her out.

Baby bear asks Goldilocks for help with her project, but can Goldilocks figure out how to use the six simple machines to help her?

This is such an adorable take on a fairytale. It would be a fun introduction to the simple machines or even just to help identify in a lesson.

A great little story for kids who love fixing things, teachers using simple machines, and homeschooling parents with science lessons!

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Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines (Science Folktales) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Darian Vester

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I thought the retelling was great. It was a nice way to add stem to the story without making it boring. Kids don’t realize that they’re using these methods in their everyday life, like how they pour the milk into their bowls. I also liked that in this version, Goldilocks is trying to help make things better instead of being a nuisance like in the original. Like other readers I found the illustrations to be lacking and don’t match the cover you’ll see on purchasing sites.

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Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines (Science Folktales) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Tonya Merritt

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Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines (Science Folktales #3)Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

As usual, Lois Wickstrom has written another fairytale with new eyes. You hear the story of Goldilocks but with a great twist that teaches children more values. Lois Wickstrom writes these stories with the thought of teaching kids how to use things, how to help in some way. A great story for children learning to read and at that great learning age.

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Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines (Science Folktales) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Betsy Melano

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Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines (Science Folktales #3)Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

A cute change to the story many of us know so well. I love that Goldilocks comes into the bear’s house and leaves it better then when she finds it by fixing things. The simple machines brought up in the book are explained in diagrams that kids can understand.
Wish I could have read this version to my kids when they were younger.

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Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines (Science Folktales) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Dawn Daughenbaugh

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

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Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines (Science Folktales) by Lois Wickstrom

Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines is part of the Science Folktales series and we absolutely loved reading it. This is a wonderfully written retelling of a classic with a twist. My five year old son loved this book and all the pictures . This authors imagination never fails to simply amaze me. This story is aimed for children ages 4-8 and will learn how six simple machines help in a variety of ways. I highly recommend reading this book to children, grandchildren, neices and nephews. We look forward to reading more from this Author.

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Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines (Science Folktales) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Sarah King

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

A unique twist on Goldilocks and the three bears that I enjoyed sharing with my neice and nephew. Wickstrom really has become a favorite for them. I love that there is always a lesson for the kids to learn as well, whether it be moral or something more hands-on, like in this case. I would recommend this book.

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Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines (Science Folktales) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Rayne East

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A contemporary spin on a classic
This retelling of Goldilocks has a scientific twist giving the reader imaginative and informative journey. The writing is engaging and captures some meaningful lessons in kindness, responsibility and STEM. A great addition to any library. Recommend.

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Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines (Science Folktales) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Angela Plate, July 2023

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was a cute little story. Kept very close to the original but with beginner science thrown in. My youngest child was easily able to identify the simple machines used.

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Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines (Science Folktales) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Cindy Mayberry

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Well little Miss Goldilocks story has come a long way. In this story she has grown from breaking things to fixing things. Such a cute and fun story. I love how this author once again has impressed the readers with the new events. Her story is not only fast, but clear and easy for our children to follow. So much fun to read and get the children’s feedback. I wonder what will be next.

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Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines (Science Folktales) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Jennifer Vrain

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I enjoyed the different fonts for words to focus on- like hot, cooled, fly, delicious etc.- made the book look more interesting and fun. I thought it was interesting baby bear is feminine- I guess in my mind, I always pictured baby as a boy.

The physics concepts integrated in the story (titled, flat, dripped, all) provided a nice twist to the story, and would interest even slightly older children as they replicated pitcher pouring or making something level like the table. Even as an adult, I giggled at the fulcrum/seesaw towards the end of the book!

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Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines (Science Folktales) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Kristin Boutelle

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I love how this book has a different take on the original Goldilocks and the Three Bears. The Goldilocks in this story not only goes through the motions but notices certain things that need to be fixed. I like how the author incorporates different aspects of how Goldilocks figures out how to make a few new changes to what is broken and make it better than it was before. The illustrations are very well done as well.

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