Goldie Is Mad: Goldie is Mad Picturebook [Hardcover]

Margie Palatini (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up

Goldie is mad. Mad, mad, mad! Nicholas took her doll, Veronica, and drooled all over her. Now Goldie is in trouble, and she has to think and be sorry. While she's thinking, she has some surprising thoughts about all of the things that she likes about her little brother.

Whimsically illustrated, and always true to the heart of a preschooler, Goldie offers a positive model for children to follow when they are angry.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

The big sister from Good as Goldie pitches a fit when she sees her brother clutching her favorite doll in Goldie Is Mad by Margie Palatini. At first Goldie wants him to disappear, but repetitive, gradually softening phrases show how she mellows, using her doll as a buffer. This recap of an everyday squabble models a logical (though not guaranteed) way out of a tantrum.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-K-Goldie expresses anger with flailing arms, flaring eyes, and a constricted or screaming mouth. She is angry because her baby brother has sucked the hair of Veronica, her junior fashion doll. When the preschooler states, "I hate Nicholas," she and Veronica get a time-out "to think and be sorry." Initially, "we don't think we are sorry. We think we still hate Nicholas!" Goldie imagines the baby disappearing, then regrets the loss of his post-bathtime smell and hugs. Just after she and Veronica make a contrite apology to an unseen, unheard authority figure, Nicholas uses the doll's arm as a chew toy, leaving the child to wonder once again how she feels about her younger sibling. Goldie's simply stated monologue conveys her conflict with her brother and the range of resulting feelings. As in Good as Goldie (Hyperion, 2000), Palatini uses ink-pen and watercolor cartoon drawings in bold, primary colors to portray her protagonist's emotions. When Goldie is angry, her image fills most of a page; when her feelings soften, her image shrinks in size. The book will work for storytimes and laptimes, to help children identify feelings, come to terms with a younger sibling, or identify the complexities of any relationship.
Laura Scott, Baldwin Public Library, Birmingham, MI
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Hyperion Book CH; 1st edition (June 25, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 078680565X
• ISBN-13: 978-0786805655
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 8.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,268,089 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Wow. My very first picture book -- PIGGIE PIE!, is celebrating
it's fifteenth anniversary this year! It tickles me to know that
'Gritch' is still giving giggles.
Visit her and my other characters on my website: www.margiepalatini.com

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Goldie makes my 2 1/2 year old laugh out loud!, December 4, 2005

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Stacey Philipkosky - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Goldie Is Mad: Goldie is Mad Picturebook (Hardcover)

This book really makes my 2 1/2 year old laugh out loud. He is a big brother and he can really relate to Goldie especially when she has to sit in a time-out to think about her actions. The illustrations are fantastic and my son laughs throughout the whole book. This is a great book about 'mad' feelings.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars My 5-year-old got a kick out of it, June 25, 2007

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Sandra "Sandra" (NJ, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Goldie Is Mad: Goldie is Mad Picturebook (Hardcover)

She has a little brother (16 months) who she likes a lot but who still gets on her nerves and into her toys.

She thought the last page with Nicholas going after Veronica again was very funny.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not if you have a Nicholas, November 30, 2005

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Jody (Indiana, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Goldie Is Mad: Goldie is Mad Picturebook (Hardcover)

I ordered this book because my 3 year old has been having issues with her 1 year old brother. I was hoping it would help her learn to express her anger in a more acceptable way (she currently shouts, pushes & takes toys from him). All in all, it's not a bad book. Goldie's brother takes her doll & sucks on her head, Goldie gets mad & ends up in time-out with her doll (she projects her emotions onto the doll, so the doll is in time out too). "We have to think and be sorry" Eventually, they decide they are sorry & that her little brother really isn't so bad & that sometimes he does things she & the doll really like so they don't really want him to disappear. Unfortunately, I have one issue with this book that will cause me to pass it along to someone else's home. When Goldie is mad, she shouts (several times), "I HATE Nicholas". Now since my 1 year old is named Nicholas, I'd really rather not teach his big sister to say, "I Hate Nicholas". Amazingly enough, my 3 year old doesn't 'hate' anything yet & I'd just rather not introduce that word into her vocabulary if I can help it. I'm sure she'll learn it soon enough on her own. So, overall, it's an OK book if you use time-outs, need to teach your child to calm down & see the good things about a younger sibling (who annoys them sometimes), and perhaps already uses the word 'hate'. But not if the younger sibling is a Nicholas...