[.uk] The Three Billy Goats Gruff PB w CD (Book & CD) (ISBN 1846860725)

Marcia Brown's 1957 "Billy Goats Gruff":
PS - I agree: How lame that Amazon has mixed together reviews for all these various versions of "Three Billy Goats Gruff." They are all so different and all by different illustrators and authors! Anyway, this is a comment about Marcia Brown's 1957 version, which I found to be incredibly gory. Rather than merely knock the troll off the bridge, this billy goat gruff graphically dismembers him, poking out his eyes and reducing him to "bits, body and bones." Yuck! There are other, mellower version out there... This one's not a favorite. (ReadThatAgain!)

A fabulous addition to your library - classroom or home.:
I bought this book on an impulse, simply based on the brightly colored illustrations and a brief refrain that that appears when you look inside the book. I couldn't be more delighted with this purchase. The book is a wonderful addition to my fairy tale library and my kindergarten kids absolutely LOVE listening to and participating in the retelling of the story, especially the rhyming refrain..... "I'm a troll from a deep dark hole - my belly's getting thinner. I need to eat and goat's a treat - so I'll have you for my dinner!".

The best children's book!:
Both my daughter & son absolutely love this book. They love to say the "trip trap" part. I enjoy reading it to them! I highly recommend this one!

Perfect for our grand sons!:
The Three Billy Goats Gruff The Billy Goats Gruff books are perfect for our two grand sons, Chapman and MaCrady, who have just gotten interested in goats. They are thrilled to be able to read the book, have a second book read to them, and a CD to play the story for them. A fourth book about the three billy goats allows them to have cut outs with which they can create their own story about them. It is highly recommended for boys or girls 4 through 8 years of age.

A favorite old classic:
I bought six of my favorite childhood books for my great-grandson..."Little Black Sambo", "The Three Billy Goats Gruff", "Henny Penny", "Chicken Little", "The Three Little Kittens", and "Classic Tales of Brer Rabbit". My great-grandie is 2-1/2 and I can't wait to read these wonderful stories to him.