Author: Paul Galdone (rewritten by Scholastic)
Illustrator: Ellen Appleby
Publisher and Date of Publication: Scholastic 1984
Genre: Traditional Literature, Picture Book
Age Range: K-2
Summary: Three billy-goats named Gruff wanted to move to a mountain where they could get fat. In order to make it to the mountain they had to cross a bridge. The youngest gruff goat went across and ran into a troll. The troll wanted to eat him, but the goat told the troll that the next goat was much bigger, so the troll decided to wait for the second goat. The second goat came across and did the same thing that the first goat gruff did and told him that the third goat was the biggest, so the troll let him by. The third billy goat gruff came across the bridge and the troll threatened to eat him, but the goat told him that he would used his spears and crushed his body into bits. Then all the goats were on the mountain and lived happily ever after.
Response: This book wasn't what I thought it would be. It was a typical book that wouldn't effect me if I read it again or not. The book was really good for younger children to read. It provided larger font in bold that represented the goats stomping across the bridge and it got bigger as the goats got bigger. I thought that was a great example for the children to understand the noise difference. I would have this book in my future classroom for my students to read and understand that there are different stories behind the titles. There were very many versions of this book and some of the children may enjoy it, while others don't.
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