Goose and Duck

by Jean Craighead George, Priscilla Lamont (Illustrator)

Overview

Whatever I did, Goose did.
Whatever Goose did, Duck did.
When I sat down, Goose sat down.
Duck sat down too.

What's a little boy to do when a goose and a duck think that he's their mother? Especially when they follow him around, doing everything he does!

Newbery Medal winner Jean Craighead George's comic story and Priscilla Lamont's lively art make for a silly tale about boys, geese, ducks, and the rhythms of nature.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780061170768
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	01/08/2008
Series:	I Can Read Book 2 Series
Pages:	48
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.38(d)
Lexile:	370L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Jean Craighead George wrote over one hundred books for children and young adults. Her novel Julie of the Wolves won the Newbery Medal in 1973, and she received a 1960 Newbery Honor for My Side of the Mountain. Born into a family of famous naturalists, Jean spent her entire career writing books that celebrated the natural world.

Priscilla Lamont is the illustrator of over twenty books for children, many of which she wrote herself and have been published in her native England. She currently lives in Canterbury with her partner, David, and their dog, Bonzo, who is pretty certain that Priscilla is his mother.

Editorial Reviews

K-Gr 2- A top-notch easy reader. A boy finds a goose egg that hatches and the gosling imprints on him. Then he finds a duck egg that hatches and the duckling imprints on the goose. What follows is a delightfully sweet case of "monkey see, monkey do" as each bird imitates its "mother." The vocabulary, sentence structure, large print, and ample white space are right on target for children just beginning to read on their own. The large, full-color illustrations are funny and expressive, showing Goose and Duck in the role of active children. Particularly memorable is the picture of Goose at the table eating spaghetti and Goose and Duck "helping" to wash a police car. It's rare to find a beginning reader with a story and illustrations that are this engaging, humorous, and educational.-Kelly Roth, Bartow County Public Library, Cartersville, GA

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