Customer Reviews

Duck & Goose

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4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

I believe that "Duck and Goose," released earlier this year, will one day enter the pantheon of classic children's picture books. It strikes just the right balance between humor and a gentle lesson about sharing and working together. Duck and Goose begin by squabbling over the soccer ball that they mistake for a large egg and end up dreamily making plans to raise their "baby" together. When a little bluebird blithely points out the obvious, Duck and Goose take their changed circumstances in stride. Duck and Goose's conversations will bring a chuckle even to the most jaded parent and the illustrations are lovely. Highly recommended by this children's lit snob.

This is a whimsical story about two young birds who argue over the ownership and care of an "egg" they find. "I saw it first" -- I touched it first." The reader is immediately in on the joke because the "egg" is larger than either one of them and is perfectly round and colored white with large polka dots. Of course it is a ball but neither one of them realizes this.
The illustrations are bright and the characters' faces are so expressive. Their bickering will be familiar to children's ears as will their reconciliation in face of the truth. This book is gentle fun.

Parents and kids alike will love this book. It has so many hidden lessons like cooperation, friendship, sharing, tolerance and the power of persuasion. It also is great to read to a group because it has an element of suspense and surprise. Great illustrations.

I read an advertisement for this book in the New Yorker. To be brief, it said that "Olivia" loves this book and wants Duck and Goose for her birthday. I figured that if Olivia likes it, my daughter would, too. I don't know if my daughter gets all of the humor yet (she's 2 1/2) but she seems to enjoy it anyway. It's a really nice story about sharing -- great lesson for a pre-schooler. And, I am partial to the cheerful illustrations. I recommend this book. You will be happy with it.

What a wonderful, simple, splendid book! The art work is fabulous! And the characters express the same phrases, expressions, and feelings that toddlers do. Very sweet!

"Duck and Goose" is the rare kid's book that teaches a much-needed lesson with humor and intelligence (when was the last time you laughed out loud when reading a book meant for toddlers??) . Its simple story never gets preachy or moralistic; instead, Hills lets the characters work out their sharing problems amongst themselves in a natural, kid-like way. The illustrations are vibrant, colorful, and very engaging. "Duck and Goose" should have a place on every child's bookshelf!

This book was highly recommended in a magazine I subscribe to, and after reading the reviews here I decided to purchase it for my 2-year-old son. It's not in his top ten favorites, but he really likes it - we read it a few times a week

One nice part of the storyline that I hadn't anticipated was that it clearly demonstrates the "stages" toddlers go through with their friends. As all parents of toddlers know, sharing is a very difficult thing for little ones (including duck and goose) to do. This book accurately and comically demonstrates this issue from the very beginning, but gradually the duck and goose begin to share their "egg," realizing that they can both care for it and enjoy having it.

I highly recommend this book. I gave it four stars instead of five because, although I can't put my finger on it, I feel it lacks the "spark" that makes a book really special. Sorry I can't be more specific.

Duck and Goose are so cute! They think they have found an egg. Duck and Goose do not get along. Their squabble begins with who saw it or touched it first. Duck wants to nurture it and raise it to be duck like, goose wants to raise it and nurture it to be goose like. They squabble for a long time over this mysterious speckled ROUND egg.

Eventually bird comes along and tells them that their egg is a ball and they go and play together.

The story is cute, it wasn't totally what I expected. My son loves it because duck and goose are silly and cute. The illustrations really do make you just want to pick up duck and goose and squeeze em. We like our birds, so that's how we ended up with Duck and Goose.

"Duck and Goose" look like they'll be simplistic and overly-basic -- both the artwork and the text are deceptively plain... But these two little guys actually have a richer and more believable emotional life than many picturebook characters. They might not have a long shelf-life (kids will probably move on past them fairly quickly...) but while they are your book friends, your lives will be enriched. Definitely worth checking out. (ReadThatAgain!)

I absolutely adore this book! I randomly picked this book up at Pottery Barn Kids while checking out, I quickly read through the book and actually laughed out loud when I got to the end! I was so tickled by this book I bought 3 of them, one for my 4 year old and 2 for friends. My 4 year old practically has the book memorized including the voices we have created for both duck and goose, she likes to do the duck voice and I do the goose voice. Now we love the new Duck, Duck & Goose book equally as well, and of course Thistle has her own voice too. I highly recommend this book, it is such fun to read.