The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Vera Southgate

The Three Billy Goats Gruff Reviews

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  Mark Lawrence

  
  
  I have to call bs on this tautology!
  
  Fun is, by definition, that stuff we like doing.
  
  Try harder.
  
  Maybe I should write Three Billy Goats Grim where the troll wins.
  
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  booklady

  Three brother goats of increasing size, brave a troll to make a bridge safe for pedestrians. A fun story to read aloud because as each goat gets bigger, the sound of the hooves on the bridge—trip, trap, trip, trap—gets louder. This one also has adorable illustrations.
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  Clare O'Beara

  I read this when we were small, the little hardback was enjoyable and well illustrated. This one was seen as a tale for boys, while girls were given stories about princesses and sleeping beauties. In general boys were clearly expected to go out and have adventures. Girls were not, or they met savage beasts in the forest. This one contained three goats, highly unusual, and a troll.
  I think it's important to tell the old fairytales to children as otherwise they won't know the stories in today's jumble of other entertainments and games.
  This is an unbiased review.
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  🌶 peppersocks 🧦

  Reflections and lessons learned:
  “Trip trap, trip trap…”
  
  Ahhh, such a classic story and Ladybird book from the Well Loved Tales series. In childhood I thought it was cruel, but ironically as an adult this really does resemble a true part of the selfish world and humanity! I don’t think that goats would ever sell each other out like we would…
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  Lynn Smith

  Loved this fairy tale. Loved rediscovering it with my baby niece.
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  Toni

  but the older edition with Paul Galdone illustrations
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  Tamsyn J

  Just as fun as when I read it as a child. Even more fun now actualy because I did voices for my kids and they found it super funny.
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  Andrew Ives

  Some wonderful illustrations of the three goats, beautifully drawn and so brilliantly goaty, enliven what is otherwise a very short, slight story with a very predictable denouement. The three goats don't even have names, a back story or any character development which seems a shame. Maybe the ogre is a misunderstood character too. Even so, hardly any kid wouldn't find this a great bedtime story. 4.25/5
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  ✰matthew✰

  i must have been read this when i was little but i don’t remember it so i’ve re read it now after finding it in a clear out.
  
  lovely little fable with clear moral, with pretty illustrations on each page. unfortunately my mum/aunty, whose books these had been originally, had been busy with the crayons over some of them://
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  Krisz

  Beautiful illustration to one of my favourite stories :)
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  abookishuniverse

  I know that it seems silly to review a children´s book, but if I were a parent and was searching for reading material for my children I would like to see at least a couple. These Ladybird editions of stories were my favourite when I was a child and I would spend hours and hours re-reading them. They are incredibly easy to read and the illustrations are absolutely beautiful. I 100% recommend them.
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  Dane Cobain

  This is a classic of its genre, but I feel like there are better versions of it. Good for kids, though.
  
  
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  Annisa Nur Widya

  Wah, pernah baca cerita yang mirip ini. Tapi cerita rakyat apa ya? Lupa juga tapi pas baca terasa familiar
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  K Morlando

  An excellent retelling of the classic story!
  
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  Karissa Butikofer

  This story is about three billy goats who wanted to cross a bridge to get to the meadow and all the sweet grass. Under the bridge that they had to cross lived a mean old troll. The first two goats crossed the bridge one by one and they were frightened of the goat. He wanted to eat them but they said no and that they were too little but to wait for their brother who was the biggest billy goat. The troll agreed and let them pass. Along came the third goat and the troll wanted to eat him but the billy goat said no and head butted him with his horns and threw him in the river. Never again did the troll bother anyone.
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  Phil Syphe

  I've put in the details below that I read this book in 1985, as that may have been the last time I was enthralled by its pages, but I read this loads of times when I was a boy, though my memories of it now are somewhat sketchy. I know it was a favourite though, hence my five star rating.
  
  I remember loving the part where the "daddy" goat took on the troll!
  
  Classic stuff - something all children should read.
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  Steven Jenkins

  Forget Stephen King, stand aside Clive Barker - This is by far the most terrifying book ever created!
  
  The illustrations are easily the most horrifying I've ever seen. The troll gave me terrible nightmares as a child. This is the only Ladybird book that I kept from my childhood. I'm now 35 and I'm still shocked that this book was ever exposed to children.
  
  Read if you dare!!!!!!!!
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  Mandy

  This has always been one of my favourite stories, which is quite odd, as I am not particularly fond of goats, and I could never really understand why anything would chose to live under a bridge. Perhaps I just like that they trick their way out of trouble, those goats.
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  Marts (Thinker)

  One of my favourite stories as a child!
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  Rosie

  One of my favourite children's books :-)
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  Theresa

  an interesting rendition
  the short story of three billy goats and a brige and how expecting more then you can handel
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  Jenks

  A classic . I remember having the well loved tales as a child. They were such a joy to read. I have collected them all again over the years and this is one of my favourites.
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  Jonathan Sussex

  Read,and had it read to me as a child, brilliant.