Too hard, too soft, and you guessed it, just right. She tries the chairs, which are too big, too small, and just right. She doesn’t just try the porridge, though. After deciding to try some, she finds it is too hot. She enters, anyway, and finds porridge on the table. Goldilocks and the Three Bears is the classic tale of a young girl who comes upon an empty house. These are two more books that will encourage your students to compare and contrast how a setting can affect the plot of a story! Plus, they are greatly entertaining for your readers!

Little Red Riding Hood & Honestly, Little Red Riding Hood Was Rotten However, you had to prove that you had seen him in order to marry him. All of the young women want to marry him. Her step-sisters are unkind and the people of the village don’t look at her, for she isn’t “beautiful.” There was an invisible being who was rich and powerful. The Rough-Face Girl is a young girl who is scarred from working by the fire in her village.

After being told she cannot join them at the Prince’s ball, Cinderella is visiting by a fairy godmother who helps her get to the ball, but only until midnight! Her stepmother and step-sisters treat her cruelly, making her work day and night. It is nice to compare and contrast these stories, focusing on how the setting affects each.Ĭinderella tells the story of a beautiful young girl, who is in the care of her evil step-mother. Next, Cinderella and The Rough-Face Girl are both stories of young girls who deserve more than their families provide. So, when she wakes up on Christmas morning, there will be a lesson learned by her friends! She even puts out cookies and milk for Santa on her own. It is the perfect paired book for “The Little Red Hen.” When the little elf asks for help planting a pinecone, none of her friends want to pitch in! So, after planting, watering, and cutting it herself, she brings the Christmas tree inside to enjoy. Little Red Elf is a Christmas-themed retelling of “The Little Red Hen” is about a busy little red elf and her lazy friends: the hare, the penguin, and the reindeer. So, when it comes time to eat the cake, Little Red Hen enjoys it all herself! However, not one of her friends agrees to help her with the hard work along the way. She asks for help when she plants the wheat when she water it, cuts it, grinds it, and even when she bakes the cake. This is the story of a little, red hen who wants to make a cake. Little Red Hen is the classic tale that taught us that we reap what we sow. First, Little Red Hen and Little Red Elf are great fiction books to compare and contrast!

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