The Day The Goose Got Loose (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) [School & Library Binding]

Reeve Lindbergh (Author), Steven Kellogg (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 1995 | Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The day the goose gets loose, havoc reigns at the farm as all the animals react.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

What happens when the goose gets loose? She manages to throw the entire barnyard into chaos, and young readers will be tickled by the goings-on. After breaking out of her pen, the audacious creature eats the hens' grain; scares the sheep silly; causes the ram to butt a fussy-looking child, whose "dress got messed and her hair un-styled"; sets free the horses, who storm the house; and provokes a bull named Spence to charge through the pasture fence. Lindbergh's rollicking rhymed verse charts the goose's destructive course, as Kellogg shows feathers and flowerpots flying, trashcans tumbling and wild-eyed people and animals scurrying in every direction. The goose calms down, finally, after the police arrive to set things right, and before long an explanation for her antics surfaces. The book closes with a soothing, exquisitely illustrated dream sequence that offsets the frenzy of the rest of the tale, and demonstrates Kellogg's remarkable versatility. Ages 4-8.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From School Library Journal

When the goose gets loose, the farm is in comical chaos. Each animal and person reacts in its own way, but only the younger brother knows why the goose got loose--because he saw the wild geese flying overhead. At night the boy dreams a wonderful dream about geese--tame and wild--with castles and wizards and other magical things. Like Lindbergh's The Midnight Farm (Dial, 1987), the satisfying rhyme and rhythm of this book make it a good choice for reading aloud. Both the story and illustrations are reminiscent of The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash (Dial, 1980), in which Noble's text and Kellogg's illustrations show the havoc caused by a pet snake let loose on a farm. The illustrations are typically Kellogg, rendered in pen and pencil with watercolor washes. The pages overflow with funny dramatic action. They are rich in detail and imagination, from the glowing orange panorama of the farm at dawn to the soft blue of the dream world at night. --Anne Price, Ann Mersereau School, Bronx, NY
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• School & Library Binding: 28 pages
• Publisher: Turtleback (March 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 078575671X
• ISBN-13: 978-0785756712
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #440,362 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FANTASTIC!, December 8, 2004

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NewTeacher "NewTeacher" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Day the Goose Got Loose (A Puffin Pied Piper) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is a great rhythmical story that supports early readers because of it predictablitly of the story. The antics are fun and exciting. Also, the illustrations are absolutly FABULOUS and is what kept me interested as a child and still today as a new teacher.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars all time favorite, May 2, 2000

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"hilgenfritz" (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Day The Goose Got Loose (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (School & Library Binding)

This book is one of my all time favorites. I started reading to my children when they were babies - it has great rythm. It is delightful for adults, and my children have always been riveted. My one year old twins stop whatever they are doing to listen to the story whenever I start reading it. (I even "read" it to them in the car or bath because it is an easy little poem to memorize!)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Reading made easy...and FUN!, March 28, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Day the Goose Got Loose (Hardcover)

Written in rhyme, this book makes it easy for young readers to experience the thrill of reading all by themselves. Of course, the goose's antics only add to the excitement. This is a great book to motivate your preschooler to want to learn to read.