Just right for little hands is a winsome series about gosling friends, with spare, irresistible watercolors on all-white square pages. Start with Gossie. about a small, yellow gosling, her orange bill always open in an expression of happy anticipation. Gossie likes to wear her bright red boots every day to eat, sleep, ride, hide, and walk. One morning, Gossie can not find her bright red boots anywhere, so she looks everywhere. Where does she find them? “On someone else’s feet!” That someone is another little yellow gosling named Gertie. The two little goslings then share, one boot for each.

Does your child understand conjunctions such as over, under, and in? As you read the story, act it out together. Children love to pretend they’re Gossie, looking everywhere for her wonderful boots: under the bed, over the wall, in the barn, and under the hens. The sequel, Gossie and Gertie, is just as perfect, as are the companion titles, where you meet Ollie, who refuses to hatch from his egg, Peedie, and BooBoo. In these pared down, simplest-of-simple texts, you'll be impressed to find wonderful story structure: a problem that needs solving, rising action, climax, and a most satisfying ending.

OTHER BOOKS IN THIS SERIES:

Dunrea, Olivier. BooBoo. Houghton Mifflin, 2004.

Dunrea, Olivier. Gossie & Gertie. Houghton Mifflin, 2002.

Dunrea, Olivier. Ollie. Houghton Mifflin, 2003.

Dunrea, Olivier. Ollie the Stomper. Houghton Mifflin, 2003.

Dunrea, Olivier. Peedie. Houghton Mifflin, 2004.


Themes: BOOTS. CLOTHING AND DRESS. CREATIVE DRAMA. FRIENDSHIP. GEESE.