Here Comes Gosling! [Hardcover]

Sandy Asher (Author), Keith Graves (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up

Froggie can’t wait to meet Goose and Gander’s new baby, Gosling! He and Rabbit spend all day preparing: they bake a cake, toss a salad, and find the perfect picnic spot. Froggie picks out his favorite toys and books to share and even makes up a new song. But when Gosling finally arrives, she takes one look at Froggie and…HOOOOOOONK!

Froggie doesn’t know what to do! Gosling’s not tired or hungry or thirsty, but she keeps crying anyway. Gander and Goose can’t console her. Neither can Rabbit. Just when all seems hopeless, Froggie’s natural charm and great silliness turn Gosling’s tears into smiles and her honks into giggles.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Sandy Asher is the author of twenty books for young readers and more than three dozen plays. She is also the editor or co-editor of five collections of fiction, including Dude! Stories and Stuff for Boy, On Her Way: Stories and Poems about Growing Up Girl and With All My Heart, With All My Mind: 13 Stories about Growing Up Jewish -- winner of the 1999 National Jewish Book Award in children's literature. Sandy has been honored with the American Alliance for Theatre and Education's Charlotte Chorpenning Award for a distinguished body of work in theatre for young audiences, a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship grant, and an Aurand Harris Playwriting Fellowship from the Children’s Theatre Foundation of America. She lives in Lancaster, PA, with husband Harvey, dog Rudy, and cats Natasha and Stanley.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 5 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Philomel (May 14, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0399250859
• ISBN-13: 978-0399250859
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,195,147 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Sandy Asher grew up in Philadelphia, PA, and now lives in Lancaster, PA, with husband Harvey, dog Rudy, and cat Friday. After Philly and before Lancaster, she lived in Springfield, MO, where she wrote many of her award-winning books and plays (as Sandra Fenichel Asher), served as writer-in-residence at Drury University and co-founded the Web site America Writes for Kids. Sandy enjoys visiting schools and has taught writing workshops from Anchorage, Alaska, to St. Petersburg, Florida. Little known fact: "Fenichel" is pronounced FENN eh shell. Easy when you know how!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must read, May 21, 2010

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B from Lancaster - See all my reviews

This review is from: Here Comes Gosling! (Hardcover)

Exuberant illustrations - absolute joy and energy throughout. This is a wonderful story about differences, change, and acceptance for all, but a great tool for families of young children planning an addition.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars HONNNNNNNNNK! HONNNNNNNNNK!, August 4, 2009

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Catherine W. Hughes (Cambridge, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Here Comes Gosling! (Hardcover)

One fine day, Gander and Goose come to visit Rabbit and Froggie with their new Gosling for a picnic. Froggie can't wait till they arrive. Singing a song, and hopping around, Froggie helps Rabbit to find a picnic spot. Making spinach salad and carrot cake, and taking a bath, Froggie sings in expectation all the while. When Gander, Goose and Gosling arrive, Gosling cries and cries: "HONNNNNNNNNNK! HONNNNNNNNNNK!," until Froggie reveals his special toy, Mr. Green. Gosling stops crying, and all the characters picnic and play. Froggie reads tales to Gosling, until it is finally time for bed. Children ages 3-6 will enjoy this humorous story.