Learning about bridges disguised in a folktales about three goats brothers. So three goat brothers are about to cross this bridge, but only one can pass through at a time. Here the gnome professor will explain about bridges and since it was explained in between the story, it is easy to understand and fun enough to read. Great read for curious minds, moreover to those who likes buildings.

I can see the point here but the interest is likely to be pretty narrow. The audience is likely to be older kids, the ones who might be amused by a scientific takedown of a fairly tale.

'The Goats Gruff and the Baa-dly Built Bridge' by Jason M. Burns with art by Dustin Evans is a graphic novel in the STEM Fairy Tales series.

Weaving the story of the billy goats gruff with principles of bridge construction, we see the goats cross a crumbling bridge built by the troll who lives underneath. Will his own bridge be his undoing?

This was a fun read with just the right amount of great engineering information fed along the way. The art was fun too and makes this a great read for younger readers.

This is meant for an older audience focusing on bridge building. A gnome interjects commentary through most of the tale. The well known story seems to be the least important thing. The gnome shares the history as well as the science of bridges. The ending encourages readers to make a better bridge and combat a troll. The book will be a wonderful addition to an integrated unit on bridge building and fairy tales

I liked the Illustrations and story too. Though Historically speaking Adam's bridge is the oldest ever built bridges much before even the name Rome or Romans came up. And, Aqueducts were first came in use ingeniously under Harappan civilization which yet again was much before Romans. Facts must be kept with proper study on the subject. Story on the other hand is good to read but could be better.

3.5/5 This fun, STEM focused retelling of the classic Billy goats Gruff fairy tale is sure to interest and entertain readers aged 7+ Perfect for use in the classroom when introducing the concept of bridge building this comic strip style picture book encourages critical thinking and curiosity about the world around us in a humourous, engaging way. I'd love to see this made into a cartoon for classroom use as I think it would be high engaging for primary aged pupils and I look forward to reading more from the series.
Thanks to Netgalley.co.uk and Norwood House Press for the free eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

A young reader presenting the story of the Billy Goats Gruff, who always managed to best the troll under the bridge leading to the greenest pastures, but with more – in fact we get a gnome telling us where the troll has gone wrong with his bridge-building. Roman arches and some classic examples of the world's bridges are introduced, but while that's fine and dandy it does jar a little, and isn't really incorporated into the legend. People who come here for a thoroughly rethought and quirked-up telling will be disappointed, but teachers will be happier with the two-types-of-book-in-one aspect. Three and a half stars.

As a homeschool family, we really enjoyed this book.

Billy goats gruff is a favourite story in our house, so reading a version with a focus on the engineering of a bridge was fun.

Great illustrations too.

There are a couple of resources linked so you can incorporate a hands on lesson of building a bridge. A great addition to our science curriculum.

Dr. Gnome-It-All presents a familiar story with a focus on how science could play a part. Full of humour and bad fairytale puns, we are introduced to new vocabulary and concepts for kids to think about. The illustration is cute and intricate to pay attention to details. My only annoyance was that a female character could have existed to help reach girls to introduce STEM to them at a young age too - it is often a boys world and having a Dr. Gnome-it-All who is a woman would be great.

A great way to retell classical fairy tales. The set up is a comic form script. It takes all the STEM concepts and makes it more interesting for the young curious mind. A mind that likes to figure out how things work and make things better. For the young analytical mind.

A special thank you to Norwood House Publishing and Netgalley for the ARC and the opportunity to post an honest revie

I absolutely adored this book! What a cute and fun way to introduce kids to STEM concepts - in this case, physics and engineering. The familiar story was interspersed perfectly with fun facts and humor from Dr. Gnome-It-All, and I loved the charming fairytale puns. To top it off, the author perfectly blended reading-level-appropriate language with great new vocabulary words for kids to learn and practice.

With cute characters rendered in lovely, colorful illustrations, you'll easily be able to keep kids' attention with this book while you discuss not only the story but all that can be learned from its pages, and it's not a painful slog for parents and teachers to get through either, as some children's books can be.

I can't wait to buy a copy of this book for my nephews and nieces!

I received an advance reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers.

The Goats Gruff and the Baa-dly Built Brudge is a fun and imaginative children's book that is a cleverly written mash up of science and fairy tale with added facts and information. I love retellings for children and adults so I jumped at the chance to read and review this.
The characters are so much fun and I loved the name of Dr Gnome-it-all! STEM is becoming so popular now in schools and education and these clever little books are a fantastic idea and would make a great classroom or STEM club resource! There is scientific language within this book which was great and included at the back was a glossary so anyone - young or old, can flick to the back to read what the word means. This book focuses on bridges - a baa-dly build one is the main focus. There is information about bridges in this book which I would have found better being placed at the end of the book but doesn't cause any problem with yhe book, that's just my personal opinion/preference.

A story and a science, and history lesson all rolled into one. The classic Billy Goats Gruff story is expanded here as readers learn about the construction of bridges and how they work, going back to the days of Ancient Rome and looking at real life examples of bridges today such as the Golden Gate. The fun garden gnome character narrates and kids will love this.

Excellent range of books, I’ll be looking out for more of these.
Thanks so much to NetGalley and the publishers for letting me read this book in exchange for my review.

this is a combination of alternate fairytales and science. theres scientific facts & informations accompanying the tale, especially about bridge. it's interesting.

When I saw there were STEM Fairy Tales I was ALL IN on reading them.  If you're not aware, STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics and I am all about young kids (especially girls!) learning all they can about STEM early.  This book is a retelling of The Billy Goats Gruff with a STEM twist. (Did I mention this book is narrated by a gnome? Can it get any better than that?)  In between the story about the goats, the gnome fills us in about bridges and gives information about them from an engineering standpoint but in an easy to understand way.  There's also a list of his favorite bridges which makes me feel better because I have a list too! This story was really funny in addition to being really informative and it is never too early to get your kids into engineering! 

I received a free e-copy of this book in order to write this review, I was not otherwise compensated.

I just finished my first Jason M. Burns comic and was so enamored that I immediately picked up this one to see if it was just as good! This was even more enjoyable than the for me. I particularly liked how the author didn't skimp on using technical words in a sentence and had a glossary at the end where the reader could go look up the definition if needed.

One of my only complaints with the other book in this series was how the "Once Upon A Facts" interrupted the story and were oddly placed, but that is not the case here. I can easily see an adult reading this book to a child and doing the different voices for the story vs. facts vs. Dr. Gnome-It-All. I do think the list of favorite bridges should have been put at the end next to the glossary though. Overall, I would recommend this book. I even learned some new things!

Disclaimer: ARC via Netgalley
This retelling of the Billy Goats Gruff is designed to teach about bridges. The story makes good use of humor and of the brother goats working together. The interplay between all the characters and the narrator Dr. Gnome-It-All was fun as well.
I particularly like that the list of favorite bridges included one that was not as famous and from a non-Western country.
This book teaches in a fun and entertaining way. It was nicely done. The illustrations are campy enough but still good.

I love this Gnome and the STEM fairy tales! It's a great way to incorporate science in a well known story.

Thank you NetGalley and Norwood House Press for accepting my request to read and review The Goats Gruff and the Baa-dly Built Bridge.

Author: Jason M. Burns
Published: 08/15/22
Genre: Children's Nonfiction -- Comics, Graphic Novels, Manga -- Science

This is another STEM Fairy Tale. Dr. Gnome is back. Again, I laughed out loud. The illustrations are simple, but effective. I do question how to explain structural integrity to a young child.

This is cute, smart and fun. It does require adult guidance. I loved the story.

I would gift this, perhaps with an Ant Farm, something science related, (Sea Monkeys?) to a child with solid help at home.

This graphic novel is a fun telling of the classic 3 Billy Goats Gruff with the story focusing on STEM and bridge building. This telling of the billy goats gruff story is narrated by an informative gnome, adding lots of humorous interactions between the characters and the narrator. Lots of factual asides are included to add to the already informative fractured fairytale that tells the story of how the billy goats use the structurally unsound bridge to their advantage to beat the troll. They then build a better bridge using proper design and materials. It's an engaging and familiar way to share the STEM topic and includes a glossary, imagines and info on famous bridges and further reading. Looking forward to others from this same STEM series! Thank you to Norwood House Press and NetGalley for this ARC!