Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines (Science Folktales) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Dr. Anya Schultz
Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines by Lois Wickstrom
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This book is a rendition of “Goldilocks and the Three Bears”. It goes through all the other aspects that the original book had with the sequence of events, but with a little bit of a twist. When Goldilocks enters the house she starts to use science to help with cooling porridge, fixing a table, and putting a chair together that she broke. When the bears come home they are not angry at all, they are impressed that she fixed so many things. The last thing she does is help put a flag up the pole. Children will learn about pulley systems, wedges, levers, etc. This was a cute rendition and children will learn something in the process. The only thing I would change is the illustrations, I thought they were a little too simple.