From award-winning Cow Boy Is Not a Cowboy author Gregory Barrington comes a twist on a fairytale in need of a serious retelling! Once upon a time, Goldilocks sat peacefully until she heard… one knock!…two knocks!…three knocks! at her door. That day she met the Three Bears…and their pie. In this hilarious spin on the classic  Goldilocks and the Three Bears story , Goldi meets a boisterous family of bears who destroy her home  before  she ever set foot on their doorstep. Find out what really happened in her own words.  PreS-Gr 3-For a book that wants to be the spiritual successor to Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith's The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!, this hot take on the three bears moves narration duties to Goldilocks, who takes the reins to tell how the bears interrupted her peace first, upending her home and hibernating for the winter. It has cartoon-style illustrations, tidily leading the story into summer, when Goldie goes to visit the bears, which readers now understand will be something like payback time. There are inside jokes about fairy tales, with a scene of a wise baby bear presenting a laundry list of "too hot" items as a high point. There are winky nods to familiar characters hidden in the pictures: look closely to see a box of Miss Muffet's curds and whey or Little Red Riding Hood's cloak on the coat stand. Still, despite the clever illustrations, this story feels slight and unfinished; just as the plot takes off and the bears take over, they fall asleep-for the winter. VERDICT Where twisted fairy tales do well, add this to the shelves; but it's not essential.-Cat McCarreyα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. Gregory Barrington lives at the foot of the Rocky Mountains with his just-right family and four dogs that have noses that are too cold and breath that is too hot. While he has seen bears outside his front door, he has never let them into his house. Gregory’s first book, Cow Boy Is NOT a Cowboy , was the winner of the thirtieth annual Colorado Book Award and received a starred review from School Library Journal .