Customer Reviews

Ollie (Gossie & Friends)

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My son is almost 2, he loves this book, he brings it to me to read to him quite often.

All I have to do is to say "I won't come out" like Ollie does... and his mood picks right up. Many times tht prompts him to run and find the book to bring it to me to read to him once again...

A cute simple story about a stubborn little gosling and his two sisters trying to coax him out of his egg.

My 2 1/2 year old daughter adores Ollie even as an egg. The tale is told simply and the illustrations speak volumes. All in all a beautiful book for children and parents.

Ollie is a little gossling who enjoye being inside his egg. His two friends Gossie and Gertie try everything to try and get him to hatch out. They want to play with him. Ollie is stubborn. He just rolls himself around in his egg. Gossie and Gertie finally give up. Ollie decides shortly there after to come out and play!


The book is small in size making it easy for toddlers to hold and turn the pages. Each page has only one sentence making this easy to read to little ones who have short attention spans. The pictures of various animals will be enjoyed by children of all ages.

I would recommed this book to parents and caregivers of children ages birth to 3. The story is very simple and is one that kids will enjoy hearing over and over again.

Although this book is geared for babies and toddlers, both my 3 and 5 year old daughters absolutely love it - as well as the sequel "Ollie is Stomping." The story is so simple and cute but with the few words and wonderful illustrations, Ollie emerges as a strong and unique personality, and Gossie and Gertie as his sweet sisters. I highly recommend this book.

The gossie and friends books, includig this one, were favorites of both of my kids from the start. My three-year-old still picks them up every now and then, and we've been reading them since before she was born. The pictures are cute, the story is simple but engaging, and the book is durable enough to hand down to the neices and nephews so they can love them, too!

My wife and I love Dunrea's books and we've read almost all of them to our 2 year old twin girls. This is another clever, witty story from Dunrea. Highly recommended.

Oh my goodness I love this book!! There is just something so great about the cute little story of Gossie and Gertie waiting for Ollie to hatch out of his egg. The illustrations are simply adorable. I got this book from the library before my son was even two years old and he LOVED it. We had to read it over and over and over again. I think I need to buy this book because we just keep on checking it out from the library!

I also HIHGLY recommend Dunrea's other books, such as Gossie and Gertie (Gossie and Friends), Gossie (Gossie and Friends), Ollie the Stomper (Gossie and Friends) and Peedie (Gossie and Friends). Love them!!

Very cute, short, simple book. Like this one the best of the bunch, seems a little different from the others which can be repetitive.

My husband brought home the "Gossie" book one night, and my 3-year old son had him read it 5 times that night, and every night for a few weeks. I looked up other books by the author and purchased all that I could find on Amazon. They are short and sweet (great for ages 2-4 with short attention spans). Pictures are simple and storylines are fun. Many are board books, but a few are lift-a-flap. I would recommend all of them! They are great for little ones!!

I purchased this book for Christmas for my 27 month old grandson, but after looking through the book myself I thought I'd made a mistake. The pictures are bright and cute, but the story seemed too simple to capture a child's attention. I was wrong. My grandson has many books, and usually the only ones that immediately catch his interest are those with a lot of pictures of trucks. To my surprise he listened when we read about Ollie - again and again and continues to enjoy the book after a dozen readings. "See Ollie" he says when I ask him to choose a book. I wonder if he relates to the stubborn Ollie, since he is in those tough months that come with being a two year old!