From: Robin L. Gibson <gibsonro>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 16:34:06 -0400 (EDT)

I've been meaning to write all month about "Goose" which was one of my favorite books of 1996. At the CCBC's Caldecott discussion last year, it was our choice for the Caldecott award. I may have gotten my own ideas and thoughts mixed up a little with those of the participants in that discussion, so some of the credit goes to them as well.

 The text and artwork really work together in this little book, each enhancing the other. The book itself is like a goose egg; small in size, and underneath the glossy paper cover, the book is speckled brown (not like so many covers today which reproduce the paper cover on the actual book). Some of the illustrations are quite humorous, as when the family of woodchucks tries to amuse goose, and also the "family portrait" which looks like it could easily have "Olan Mills" across the bottom. The illustrations are inventive . . . I'm thinking particularly of the friends on the log page. Near the end there is the dramatic drop goose takes, which is amazingly powerful and dramatic considering the small size of the book. The message of the book is also wonderful and powerful, and impressive considering the short length of the text. All in all, a really wonderful gem of a book.

Did any of the rest of you like it (or dislike it?!) as much as I did?

Robin

*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&**&*&*&* Robin L. Gibson Children's Librarian Muskingum Co. Library System Zanesville, OH gibsonro at mail.oplin.lib.oh.us
Received on Mon 29 Sep 1997 03:34:06 PM CDT