Me and You (2010)
Anthony Browne
This refreshing portrayal of the traditional tale “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” features a Goldilocks depicted in wordless panels of sepia tones in the verso sides of the pages, with her fiery orange hair standing out from behind her hood. Her story follows Goldilocks as she runs after a white balloon through various urban landscapes.
On the recto side of the book appears the tale from the perspective of the young bear. The bears are wearing pastel colored sweaters and live in a house, whereas the Goldilocks lives in a colorless apartment and in panels reminiscent of graphic stories. His story is brightly depicted, and as Goldilocks enters his home, the color illuminates the pages once again. She does everything that the traditional fairytale depicts, ending up asleep in the little bear’s bed.
When the bears encounter her, they look like wolves, and Goldilocks runs out of the bright home back to her mother’s arms. In this image, her bright red hair covers her shoulders. The reader is left to consider the lesson that Goldilocks learned about her own life with her mother in this final scene depicting her return to her own surroundings.
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