The Three Billy Goats Gruff

Title: The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Author (retold by):Janet Stevens
Illustrator: Janet Stevens
Genre: Fantasy

The Three Billy Goats Gruff  is a cute story of a family of billy goats, two small children goats, and a big macho dad billy goat. The billy goats were hungry and wanted the yummy sweet greens, but they would have to cross a bridge where a mean troll lived underneath. So, they made a plan and the two little billy goats went first and convinced the troll to wait of the bigger billy goat and told him that the big billy goat would be a ton more meat to eat. The troll does just that, except when the father billy goat comes along, he is moocher mighty than the troll and kicks and scares the troll off of the bridge, which gave the father billy goat a breeze for the rest of the walk across the bridge.

I liked this story because it shows a family that is strong and stays together. Most of all, it shows the biggest billy goat standing up for the smaller two. For that reason, it would be a great read aloud for the students to hear and then be able to say "I am the biggest billy goat" and provide a structure for the class and a safety net for them. I think it is important for my classroom to know that I will always have their back and that is the way it should be.