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Summary
Goldie Locks contracts chicken pox. Her responsible mother calls her friend's homes to ensure that they are chicken pox free while nursing Goldie back to health. Part of her prescription includes eating yummy treats, cold baths, and keeping socks on her hands. Goldie's brother is jealous of the attention she is getting and the treats that she gets to eat. As a result, he acts like a pest while teasing Goldie about her unfortunate illness. In the end, Brother gets what he deserves.

Recommendation for Parents
Goldi Locks is only one of the beloved storybook characters that can be found in this book. Your children will love making the connections between the characters in this story and the stories to which they are from. So, treat your children to this fast-paced story, while teaching them about chicken pox. It serves as a wonderful conversation starter for illness and sibling arguments. Also, your children will love the beautiful retro looking illustrations that tell the story so brilliantly that the text is hardly needed.

Recommendation for Other Teachers
Teachers, it is time to get excited about sharing this wonderful book to your class! It is an excellent way of reintroducing storybook characters to your young students that can be followed by creative writing assignments. One idea is to have students choose a storybook character from the story and then take what they know, from their original storybook and this book, to create imaginatively expanded character descriptions for all of the characters from the original storybook.

Personal Note
If you love this enchanting story, then you cannot wait to read Little Bo Peep Can't Get to Sleep. In this story Erin Dealey, once again, manages to create a wonderful story starring our favorite storybook characters.

	Garden Reads
Amigo Author: Byrd Baylor Illustrator: Garth Williams Macmillan Publishing Company: New York, 1989	Summary Francisco, a young boy who lives in the desert with his family, desires a pet hound who he has planned to name Amigo. While his parents would like for him to have a pet, they can barely afford to feed themselves and they simply do not have enough to feed another mouth. His mother tells him that he can have a pet so long as it can feed and take care of itself. Francisco finally decides on a pet prairie dog. As Francisco believes that he is taming the prairie dog, the prairie dog is also taming him. Recommendation for Parents This story touches upon children's desires for pets and will help you to explain how realistic pet ownership may or may not be in your family. Also, through this beautiful story, your child will learn to appreciate what they have, what they can find, what they can create, and their imagination. Recommendation for Other Teachers If you are teaching a classroom that contains English learners, the beautiful illustrations will captivate all of your students while helping to tell the story. Another wonderful aspect of this story is that it contains so many themes that can be further taught in the classroom. The theme of friendship can be used to teach what it means to be a friend and how to treat one another. This story also introduces your students to the desert climate: what it looks like, some of its plants, and some of its wildlife. Use this book as an introduction into a unit on different climates that can be found in our world. Its vivid illustrations will provide your students with a foundation for being able to draw their own desert plants or animals. Personal Note I have loved this book since I was ten, when I was first introduced to it. It opened my eyes to a life outside of suburbia where people's front and back yards are not fenced in and dinner cannot be purchased at a local store.
Goldie Locks Has Chicken Pox Author: Erin Dealey Illustrator: Hanako Wakiyama Atheneum Books for Young Readers: New York, 2002	Summary Goldie Locks contracts chicken pox. Her responsible mother calls her friend's homes to ensure that they are chicken pox free while nursing Goldie back to health. Part of her prescription includes eating yummy treats, cold baths, and keeping socks on her hands. Goldie's brother is jealous of the attention she is getting and the treats that she gets to eat. As a result, he acts like a pest while teasing Goldie about her unfortunate illness. In the end, Brother gets what he deserves. Recommendation for Parents Goldi Locks is only one of the beloved storybook characters that can be found in this book. Your children will love making the connections between the characters in this story and the stories to which they are from. So, treat your children to this fast-paced story, while teaching them about chicken pox. It serves as a wonderful conversation starter for illness and sibling arguments. Also, your children will love the beautiful retro looking illustrations that tell the story so brilliantly that the text is hardly needed. Recommendation for Other Teachers Teachers, it is time to get excited about sharing this wonderful book to your class! It is an excellent way of reintroducing storybook characters to your young students that can be followed by creative writing assignments. One idea is to have students choose a storybook character from the story and then take what they know, from their original storybook and this book, to create imaginatively expanded character descriptions for all of the characters from the original storybook. Personal Note If you love this enchanting story, then you cannot wait to read Little Bo Peep Can't Get to Sleep. In this story Erin Dealey, once again, manages to create a wonderful story starring our favorite storybook characters.