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Published: 1st January 2026
Stinky's Stories #4: Moldylocks and The Three Bears
By (Author) Chris Grabenstein
Illustrated by Alex Patrick
By (author) J.J. Grabenstein
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
HarperCollins
1st January 2026
United States
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage: Chapter books (transitional storybooks)
Childrens / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Traditional stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories
Paperback
112
Width 130mm, Height 194mm
454g
Stinkys Stories is the hilarious highly illustrated chapter book series fromNew York Timesbestselling authors Chris and J.J. Grabenstein. In this fourth installment in the series, Stinky the skunk tells the story of Moldy-locks and the Three Bears, a reimagining of the classic fable "Goldilocks and the Three Bears"except this time, we hear what happens to Goldilocksaftershe makes her escape.
Its story time again at Hickleberry Elementary with Stinky the stuffed skunk. This time, the kids are reading Goldilocks and the Three Bears"! Everyone knows the story ends with Goldilockss escape, but only Stinky knows what happened next!
Get the full scoop in the hilarious chapter book series fromNew York Timesbestselling authors Chris and J.J. Grabenstein, with illustrations in every chapter from Alex Patrick. Reading has never been so much stinkin' fun!
The Grabensteins prove theyre masters of second grade silliness. Dan Gutman, bestselling author of the My Weird School series
Chris Grabenstein is the multiple award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Mr. Lemoncellos Library, Haunted Mysteries, Welcome to Wonderland, Smartest Kid in the Universe, and Dog Squad series. He also wrote The Island of Dr. Libris, Shine! (with his wife, J.J.), the picture book No More Naps!, and many, many other books, plays, and audiobook originals. Chris and J.J. Grabenstein live in New York City with two cats and lots of ideas. You can visit Chris at chrisgrabenstein.com. Alex Patrick was born in the Kentish town of Dartford in the southeast of England and has been drawing for as long as he can remember. His lifelong love for cartoons, picture books, and comics has shaped him into the passionate childrens illustrator he is today. Alex loves creating original charactershe brings an element of fun and humor to each of his illustrations and is often found laughing to himself as he draws. J. J. (Myers) Grabensteinis an author, stage actress, and award-winning audiobook narrator. With her husband, Chris Grabenstein, J.J. coauthored the acclaimed middle grade novel Shine!The duo now collaborates on the early reader series Stinky's Stories, both cowriting and narrating each book. A graduate of Northwestern University, J.J. quickly made a home in New York City, appearing in Broadway tours and starring in the Off-Broadway musical comedyNunsense. Shehas recorded more than twenty audiobookseverything from nonfiction to romance novelsbut her favorite books to record are childrens books. For the recording of Chris Grabensteins ghost storyThe Crossroads,she won AudioFile magazines Earphones Award. An Audie Awards finalist in 2021 for Stuck, J.J. has also voiced several radio and TV commercials. J.J. and Chris live in New York City with their two cats, Luigi and Phoebe Squeak.