#15- Goldie Locks Has Chicken Pox

Goldie Locks Has Chicken Pox

Written by: Erin Dealey

Illustrated by: Hanako Wakiyama

Scholastics Inc.

2002

34 pages

Traditional Literature

            I chose this book because it is a different version of the story I grew up hearing. It includes characters from stories like Little Red Riding Hood, Bo Peep, and others. The main character  had a brother that was a pest. He would give her a hard time about having the chicken pox and pick on her. He teased the the sister until he got the chicken pox. 

Hanako Wakiyama rendered the illustrations in oil paint. The colors in this book are red, blue, yellow, and brown. The colors are repetitive. The text is placed informally on the page around the pictures. The lines in this book are solid and negative space is used. The shapes are very defiant and geometric shaped. The bed and the curvy couch are examples of shape. The texture is not too evident in the book so most all the objects look solid. The composition of this book is balanced.

This book is appropriate for children starting at age three and up. I enjoyed this book at the age of twenty because it is a mix of the childhood stories. I would recommend using this to educate young children about chicken pox. I think it would be a great idea to read if one of the students had the chicken pox so that other students will not downgrade that student. This book would help them understand the chicken pox so the students would not feel like an outcast..You could also use this book for character education by using the brother as an example. Goldie Locks Has Chicken Pox was Erin Dealey first picture book. She is a motivational speaker, actor and K-12 teacher. Her book was Children’s Book of the Month Club featured in Scholastics and is available in Braille.