Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Jan Brett (Puffin, 1996). Jan Brett’s strength is in her detailed illustrations. She is the master of detail. I love the depiction of Goldilocks; she looks like a girl from a photograph given the painstaking detail. I also particularly like the details on the three different bowls of porridge. Her story follows the original for the most part. Yet, despite the familiar story, Ms. Brett somehow gave the story its own voice.  Was it the illustrations of the realistic but adorable clothed bears that gave them a personality or is there something in Brett’s retelling about voice? I don’t know, but I liked it.
