The Three Billy Goats Gruff

Ladybird – Well Loved Tales Series 606D #1.7

by Vera Southgate (Adaptor), Robert Lumley (Illustrator), Peter Christen Asbjørnsen

This beautiful Ladybird ebook edition of The Three Billy Goats Gruff is a perfect first illustrated introduction to this classic fairy tale for young readers from 3+. The tale is sensitively retold, following the three goats as they try to cross the river to eat the green green grass on the other side.


Other exciting titles in the Ladybird Tales series include The Little Red Hen, Cinderella, The Three Little Pigs, Jack and the Beanstalk, Goldilocks and the Three Little Pigs, The Gingerbread Man, Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Rumpelstiltskin, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Rapunzel, The Magic Porridge Pot, The Enormous Turnip, Puss in Boots, The Elves and the Shoemaker, The Big Pancake, Dick Whittington, The Princess and the Frog, The Princess and the Pea, The Ugly Duckling, Chicken Licken and Beauty and the Beast.

Ladybird Tales are based on the original Ladybird retellings, with beautiful pictures of the kind children like best - full of richness and detail. Children have always loved, and will always remember, these classic fairy tales and sharing them together is an experience to treasure. Ladybird has published fairy tales for over forty-five years, bringing the magic of traditional stories to each new generation of children.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Fiction, Fairy Tales, Classics, Adventure, Fantasy

52 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1968

Reviews

[Mark Lawrence]

I have to call bs on this tautology!

Fun is, by definition, that stuff we like doing.

Try harder.

Maybe I should write Three Billy Goats Grim where the troll wins.

EDIT: AND I DID! Check it out here:

http://mark---lawrence.blogspot.co.uk...



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[booklady · Rating 4 out of 5]

Three brother goats of increasing size, brave a troll to make a bridge safe for pedestrians. A fun story to read aloud because as each goat gets bigger, the sound of the hooves on the bridge—trip, trap, trip, trap—gets louder. This one also has adorable illustrations.

[Clare O'Beara · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this when we were small, the little hardback was enjoyable and well illustrated. This one was seen as a tale for boys, while girls were given stories about princesses and sleeping beauties. In general boys were clearly expected to go out and have adventures. Girls were not, or they met savage beasts in the forest. This one contained three goats, highly unusual, and a troll.
I think it's important to tell the old fairytales to children as otherwise they won't know the stories in today's jumble of other entertainments and games.
This is an unbiased review.

[🌶 peppersocks 🧦 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reflections and lessons learned:
“Trip trap, trip trap…”

Ahhh, such a classic story and Ladybird book from the Well Loved Tales series. In childhood I thought it was cruel, but ironically as an adult this really does resemble a true part of the selfish world and humanity! I don’t think that goats would ever sell each other out like we would…

[Lynn Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved this fairy tale. Loved rediscovering it with my baby niece.

[Fiona Kerr · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a tale of three Billy Goats Gruff who want to cross a bridge, but are threatened by a horrible and scary troll who lives beneath it. In the end they out smart the troll and get rid of him for good, which enables them to cross the bridge freely without fear of bumping into the nasty troll. This book is suitable for The Early Years setting and offers many cross-curricular opportunities for learning such as art and drama. It also has a mathematical theme for children who are begging to recognise groups of small numbers. This book is suitable for 3-5 years.

[Jeremy Allen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great traditional folk tale. The gore has been removed from the original Norwegian eye gouging and what not.
It is a good book to utilize in explain story elements especially plot development. For most children, they can use a graphic organizer of some type to begin drawing out or writing points that can relate to each major element (setting, intro, rising action, climax, resolution) use specific element terms as necessary.

[Toni · Rating 4 out of 5]

but the older edition with Paul Galdone illustrations

[Tamsyn J · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just as fun as when I read it as a child. Even more fun now actualy because I did voices for my kids and they found it super funny.

[Andrew Ives · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some wonderful illustrations of the three goats, beautifully drawn and so brilliantly goaty, enliven what is otherwise a very short, slight story with a very predictable denouement. The three goats don't even have names, a back story or any character development which seems a shame. Maybe the ogre is a misunderstood character too. Even so, hardly any kid wouldn't find this a great bedtime story. 4.25/5

[✰matthew✰ · Rating 4 out of 5]

i must have been read this when i was little but i don’t remember it so i’ve re read it now after finding it in a clear out.

lovely little fable with clear moral, with pretty illustrations on each page. unfortunately my mum/aunty, whose books these had been originally, had been busy with the crayons over some of them://

[Krisz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful illustration to one of my favourite stories :)

[abookishuniverse · Rating 4 out of 5]

I know that it seems silly to review a children´s book, but if I were a parent and was searching for reading material for my children I would like to see at least a couple. These Ladybird editions of stories were my favourite when I was a child and I would spend hours and hours re-reading them. They are incredibly easy to read and the illustrations are absolutely beautiful. I 100% recommend them.

[Dane Cobain · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a classic of its genre, but I feel like there are better versions of it. Good for kids, though.

[Annisa Nur Widya · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wah, pernah baca cerita yang mirip ini. Tapi cerita rakyat apa ya? Lupa juga tapi pas baca terasa familiar

[Addison]

This book traumatized me as a child. I had many nightmares of the troll as the illustrations in this book are very scary (and graphical) for children. DO NOT RECOMMEND FOR CHILDREN UNDER 7!!!!!!!

[Dean Harris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fat

[Basant]

"the eldest billy goat Gruff nearly fell down with fright. But he did not show it. He only stamped his hooves harder"🥹

[Nur Kadijah · Rating 5 out of 5]

not bad

[H.A. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nearly all of these goats tried to sacrifice their brothers for grass. How good was this grass???

[K Morlando · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent retelling of the classic story!

[Karissa Butikofer · Rating 3 out of 5]

This story is about three billy goats who wanted to cross a bridge to get to the meadow and all the sweet grass. Under the bridge that they had to cross lived a mean old troll. The first two goats crossed the bridge one by one and they were frightened of the goat. He wanted to eat them but they said no and that they were too little but to wait for their brother who was the biggest billy goat. The troll agreed and let them pass. Along came the third goat and the troll wanted to eat him but the billy goat said no and head butted him with his horns and threw him in the river. Never again did the troll bother anyone.

[Phil Syphe · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've put in the details below that I read this book in 1985, as that may have been the last time I was enthralled by its pages, but I read this loads of times when I was a boy, though my memories of it now are somewhat sketchy. I know it was a favourite though, hence my five star rating.

I remember loving the part where the "daddy" goat took on the troll!

Classic stuff - something all children should read.

[Steven Jenkins · Rating 5 out of 5]

Forget Stephen King, stand aside Clive Barker - This is by far the most terrifying book ever created!

The illustrations are easily the most horrifying I've ever seen. The troll gave me terrible nightmares as a child. This is the only Ladybird book that I kept from my childhood. I'm now 35 and I'm still shocked that this book was ever exposed to children.

Read if you dare!!!!!!!!

[Mandy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This has always been one of my favourite stories, which is quite odd, as I am not particularly fond of goats, and I could never really understand why anything would chose to live under a bridge. Perhaps I just like that they trick their way out of trouble, those goats.

[Shahmeer · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book a long time ago!!

[for-much-deliberation ... · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favourite stories as a child!

[Rosie · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favourite children's books :-)

[Theresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

an interesting rendition
the short story of three billy goats and a brige and how expecting more then you can handel

[Gatho · Rating 5 out of 5]

amazing story is my favorite one and i lo e to read it once and twice!!!