The Three Billy Goats Gruff
CBC Books | Posted: December 9, 2022 8:02 PM | Last Updated: December 9, 2022
Written by Mac Barnett, Illustrated by Jon Klassen
Under a bridge, there lives a troll who loves to eat, and lately, he is starving. So when he hears a "Clip, clop! Clip, clop!" above his head, he scrambles to his feet to see what he can feast on. There he finds a little goat that he can't wait to devour. But this goat might have a trick or two up his sleeve.
New York Times bestselling duo Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen gift us a clever twist on the beloved tale The Three Billy Goats Gruff. All you have to do is cross the bridge to read this story told like never before! (From Orchard Books)
Mac Barnett is the author of many picture books, including The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown, The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse, the Caldecott Honor Book and E.B. White Read Aloud Award-winner Sam and Dave Dig a Hole , and the Caldecott Honor Book and Boston Globe-Horn Book Award-winner Extra Yarn. He is also the co-author of the bestselling Terrible Two series with Jory John. Mac lives in Oakland, California.
Jon Klassen is a Canadian author and illustrator now based in Los Angeles. His books include The Rock from the Sky, Skunk and Badger and the Hat series — I Want My Hat Back, This is Not My Hat and We Found a Hat. He has also frequently collaborated with American author Mac Barnett on books like Triangle, The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse, Sam and Dave Dig a Hole and Circle.
His long list of prestigious honours includes the American Caldecott Medal and CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal (both for This Is Not My Hat, which he wrote and illustrated), as well as the Governor General's Literary Award for children's literature — illustration for Cats' Night Out, which was written by Caroline Stutson. In 2018, it was announced that Klassen was selected to become a member of the Order of Canada for "his transformative contributions to children's literature."