Summary:
A retelling of an old folk tale, where three goat brothers outsmart a troll that intends to stop them eat them while they are crossing a bridge to eat grass. Very short and simple.

Personal Reaction:
I like old tales, especially ones like this that are not only simple but give a good message subliminally through text, such as bigger/older siblings always stick up for smaller/younger ones, and that greed can sometimes get you butted into a river.

Classroom Extension:
I guess reviving old tales in the classroom would be fun, maybe teaching the kids about the greed aspect and its negative outcome in the book. ( )

Summary: Three goats want to cross a bridge that an ogre lives under. The ogre wants to eat them. The first two cross by tricking the ogre into waiting for the next one by saying the next is bigger and tastier. The last one rams the ogre off the bridge. They can now cross whenever they want.

Personal Reaction: I remember reading this as a child.

Classroom Extension: Have students act the story out. Have students come up with different ways to trick the ogre.

Summary:This is a traditional literature story about three goats who wanted to cross a bridge to eat the sweeter grass on the other side. As each goat crossed the bridge, they encountered a mean troll who wanted to eat them. By cleverly outwitting the evil troll, the first two goats passed with ease. The third goat, bigger and stronger than the first two, forcefully rams the troll into the water under the bridge. The three billy goats live happily ever after, eating their sweet green grass.

Personal Reaction: I thought this was a very humorous book. It is a classic which young readers would enjoy.

Classroom Extension Ideas:
A. Recreate this story. I would have a student be the troll and three other students would reenact the three goats. Of course we would not forcefully throw the young troll student in water, but if the troll tagged a goat, that goat would be the next troll.
B. This could also be told by a puppet show or stuffed animal show.

Summary:
A story about three goats named Little Billy, Middle Billy, and Big Billy. They want to cross a brigde but a mean troll lives under it. As both the samller Billy Goats try to cross the bridge they tell the troll to wait theres a bigger brother coming after them. When it comes for the oldest Billy Goat to cross he ends up kicking the mean troll and finally they all eat the sweet grass anytime they want.

Personal Reflection:
I love this story, bring back many childhood memories when my teachers would read this story aloud to me.

Classroom Extension Ideas:
1. As you read the you can have three kids be the goats and one be the troll. The rest of the class can do the clomp noises as they cross the bridge.
2. The kids could draw a picture of what a mean troll looks like. ( )

Summary:
Three Billy Goat brothers tried to cross a bridge to get the other side to get the food. A mean troll tired to stop each goat as they crossed, but the two little Billy goats told the troll that he could eat the bigger brother. The bigger Billy goat brother head butted the troll over the bridge. Now the goats could cross the bridge freely.
Personal Reaction:
A very good book. My mom use to read the book to me when I was a kid.
Classroom Extension Ideas:
1. Teah kids not be a bully. That bullying will only hurt you in the future.
2. I would have my students look up different types of goats and what they eat and where they come from. ( )