Axel Scheffler's Fairy Tales: Goldilocks and the Three Bears Award-winning author

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The classic, much-loved story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, masterfully brought to life by Axel Scheffler, illustrator of The Gruffalo and Zog.

When Goldilocks stumbles across a little house in the woods, she finds an array of treats await her inside… the perfect little chair to sit on, the perfect bowl of porridge, not to mention the perfect place for a nap – Baby Bear’s bed. And when the three bears arrive home, who will be more surprised at what they find… Goldilocks or the bears?!

A well-known children’s fairy tale story illustrated by the one and only award-winning superstar, Axel Scheffler

Hardback pocket-size format is perfect for little hands

Part of a new series of fairy tale stories illustrated by Axel Scheffler, published by Scholastic. Watch out for The Three Little Pigs publishing simultaneously

Translated by Alison Green, author of bestselling picture book Kind

A guaranteed classic, to sit on children’s bookshelves and be cherished for years to come

Our May 2022 Ages 5-6 Book of the Month

Our book of the month for children aged 5+ is a brand new illustrated version of the classic tale Goldilocks and the Three Bears. In this book, Goldilocks stumbles across a little house in the woods – she finds the perfect bowl of porridge, the perfect chair to sit on and the perfect place for a little nap. But she soon receives a big surprise when she finds out who lives there!

This comes from the brilliant Axel Scheffler, who is the award-winning illustrator of books such as The Gruffalo, The Smartest Giant in Town and Superworm. The pages are full of Axel’s characteristic illustrations, making for a perfect addition to any bedtime story collection. The format of this edition is a pocked sized hardback which is brilliant for little hands to hold. It is part of a new series being published by Scholastic so look out for more classics such as The Three Little Pigs and start your collection.

Olivia - Book Club Editor, Ages 0-6

Product Details

Catalogue number

15 in EU Primary May 2022

Series

Axel Scheffler's Fairy Tales

Format

Hardback

ISBN

9780702307850

Publisher

Scholastic

Date published

May 5th, 2022

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32 pages

Condition

New

Series

Axel Scheffler's Fairy Tales

Author/Illustrator

Axel Scheffler

Axel Scheffler was born in 1957 in Hamburg, Germany. At school, although always good at art, he never really considered a career in illustration. But long before he began his professional life, he had won his first drawing prize for an international chocolate company – his prize was a cuddly lilac cow.

Axel went on from school to study History of Art at the University of Hamburg – but he didn’t like the course and decided to leave. Knowing that he wanted to live in another country and learn a second language, he moved to England to study illustration at the Bath Academy of Art.

After graduating with a first class degree, Axel moved to London where he began illustrating for a variety of English and German advertising companies, magazines and newspapers. He took his portfolio to a number of publishers and Faber commissioned him to illustrate The Piemakers by Helen Cresswell and The Bottle Rabbit by Bernard McCabe. In 1989, Walker asked Axel to illustrate a text by Jon Blake, You’re a Hero, Daley B.

A writer called Julia Donaldson was also writing songs for Playdays at this time and her song A Squash and a Squeeze was commissioned to be a picture book. Axel Scheffler was recommended as an illustrator for the text and an award-winning team was created.

Their next book, The Gruffalo, was published in March 1999 and has already become a modern classic, selling more than 2 million copies worldwide and translated into over 20 languages. Axel also continues to illustrate for other authors as well, including Ian Whybrow and David Henry Wilson.

Axel has achieved worldwide acclaim for his humorous illustrations, and his books have been translated into over 29 languages. He has enjoyed particular success in his award-winning picture book collaborations with Julia Donaldson, but is also the best-selling illustrator of novelty books such as The Bedtime Bear. In 2006 he was been called upon to design Gordon Brown’s annual Christmas card!

Still living in London, Axel makes frequent visits to continental Europe. His hobbies include walking, cooking and reading and beadwork.