Books with title Three Billy Goats and Gruff

The story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff is an old Norwegian folk tale found in the collections of Asbjornsen & Moe in Norway. Patience and cunning are the heart of the lesson as we feel the effects of the bully, The Terrible Troll refuses passage with threats to those who try to cross the bridge. The reason to cross over is really of little importance but rather the cunning maneuvering of the forces used by the billy goats, as they organized their forces, then acted swiftly and decisively. Bam, the bully was gone and never seen again. Small children won’t understand this, but they do grow to understand that the Troll is a bully and the Big Billy Goat Gruff acts swiftly so that the smaller and weaker goats are able to enjoy the grass on the other side of the bridge. RFG

The classic tale of the Three Billy Goats Gruff gets a cheeky twist in this picture book retelling.Trip trap, trip trap. “ACH! Who is that tap-tap-tapping on my bridge?” The story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff and the way they outwitted a hungry bridge troll is one of our most well-known fairy tales…but how exactly did it become so? It turns out, the cleverness of the Brothers Gruff isn’t limited to tricking trolls—they are also genius self-promoters! (Keep those goats away from Instagram!) Find out the rest of the story in this wily retelling.

Little Billy Goat Gruff says, "Some of our words and letters have fallen out of our book! The color has been lost too! Please, can you help us? Color us in again and put all our words back together. Thanks! This activity book accompanies the retelling, by Carnegie Medal winning author Susan Price, of the old favourite 'Three Billy Goats Gruff.' First, enjoy reading the story, with its funny illustrations and repeated phrases. Then open this book and color-in the illustrations - and see if you can help the goats by filling in the missing words and letters. While small people will enjoy being read the story and coloring-in large letters spelling 'Eat him!' they won't appreciate, as bigger people do, how much they're learning. Learning to listen and absorbing the pattern of stories is highly educational. Listening is a learned skill, and these old stories teach empathy as they increase vocabulary. Closely observing the shape and grouping of letters in order to copy them into the blank spaces - with loving help from adults, of course - prepares children for both reading and writing. It makes children comfortable with books and pens, while the repetition of the task helps them memorise letters and spellings. Research* has shown that children who are read stories at home before starting school, and who are encouraged to draw and color-in and do such simple 'missing word' exercises, start school with the equivalent of two years advantage in education. * See the work of Dr. David Rose.

In this popular nursery tale, the greedy troll who lives under the bridge is no match for the biggest of the Billy Goats Gruff. Ages 4 and up. Winner Parents’ Choice Gold Seal Award. Part of the Rabbit Ears Storybook Classics series. Music by Art Lande, Illustrated by David Jorgensen. DVD and CD versions using the same text and illustrations are narrated by Holly Hunter with music by Art Lande, available on Amazon's Disc on Demand and Amazon Instant Video pages.

"Who's trip-tripping across my bridge?" A favourite story for the little ones' bedtime! This well-loved traditional tale is here retold for early readers by Carnegie Medal winning author Susan Price, and illustrated in an exuberant slap-stick comic-book style by artist Andrew Price. Children will love it for its suspense and humour as they enjoy chanting out loud the repeated refrains. With its animal heroes and its happy ending, it's a perfect read-aloud story-book for children from ages 1-6 The accompanying activity book has pictures to colour in and missing words to fill in, encouraging word recognition.

Trip-trap! Trip-trap! How is Mr. Troll supposed to sleep when the three Billy Goats Fluff keep trip-trapping over his bridge? Twice a day, they loudly cross it to eat the lush green grass in the field by Mr. Troll's home. (The grass makes their fleeces extra fluffy, important for Mother Goat's knitting business.) But when Mr. Troll threatens to eat them, Mother Goat has a fluffy plan to keep everyone happy in this funny twist on a classic fairy tale!