The Little Blue Bridge by Brenda Maier, Sonia Sanchez
Published by Scholastic Press on June 1, 2021
ISBN: 1338538012
Pages: 40
Genres: Folklore
Format: Picture Book Fiction
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This book is a fun update of The Three Billy Goats Gruff and kids will enjoy making the connection but will also enjoy it on its own merits if they don’t. Ruby is ignored by her brothers, despite being creative and eager to go on adventures. When she wants to pick blueberries her brothers won’t let her and then each, in turn, is denied crossing the bridge to the berries by a local bully. Ruby engages with the bully and wins him over with her solution to not crossing the bridge. It’s a nice, feel good book with enough rhyming and repetition to make it a good read aloud choice for younger kids.

Reviewed by Sarah Maciejewski. Patten Free Library, Bath