Goose and Duck by Jean Craighead George is a fascinating book for children who are beginning to read. When a little boy finds a hatching gosling by a lake, he decides to become its mother. Shortly after the boy finds goose, they discover a hatching duck egg, and goose becomes its mother. The boy, goose, and duck play together – goose and duck imitating the boy’s every move. One day goose sees some geese flying overhead and figures out he belongs with them and flies away with them. The next day duck sees a group of ducks flying overhead and realizes that he is a duck and flies away. This sweet story is a great starter book for children. The few words on each page are big and have wonderful pictures that explain the story, which carries the message that sometimes animals need to go back to nature and their kind. This books teaches a valuable lesson for a child who has saved a baby bird, duck, or squirrel and has to let it go. Goose and Duck is on the Notable Children’s Booklist.
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