Traditional Literature Book

 Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Adapted by Parragon Books

Illustrated by Gavin Scott

Published by Cottage Door Press, 2018

32 pages

The genre of this book is traditional literature or fairy tale children's book. 

Traditional literature and folk literature is a captivating story due to its unique feature of being told verbally and passed down. It holds the attention of the audience. This genre has no known author because of its creative nature and origin. This story is a popular story among children about a young girl and her adventures through the woods. She stumbles into a home and makes herself cozy only to find out it belongs to a family of bears. Beneath the fun intreging story it holds the theme of respect taught to kids. 

The illustrator used many different elements of art to engage the reader and being the words to life. The is the presence of watercolor while also using texture/depth. The shading of light and dark colors brings depth to the book appearing as though the images are coming to life. The pictures portray bright colors to attract children. The detail in the characters and background add to the whole design of the book and set the stage for the setting.